by Kristine Madera | Mar 12, 2024 | Blog, Book Review
The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion by Jonathan Haidt Book Review by Kristine Madera In The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, social psychologist Jonathan Haidt plunges into the modern...
by Kristine Madera | Jan 23, 2024 | Blog, Book Review
Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism by Rachel Maddow Book Review by Kristine Madera I read Prequel: An American Fight Against Fascism after seeing an interview in which Rachel Maddow said that rises in anti-semitism, other blaming-isms, and political...
by Kristine Madera | Jan 16, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia, New Earth Solutions
The Long Way to a Small Angry Planet by Becky Chambers Book Review by Kristine Madera Not quite on the run, Rosemary Harper flees her family’s infamy in the human colony on Mars by joining the crew of the Wayfarer, a jalopy of a ship that tunnels wormholes through...
by Kristine Madera | Jan 9, 2024 | Blog, Book Review, Building Protopia
Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t Designed for You by Jenara Nerenberg Book Review by Kristine Madera What is normal and who gets to define it are the central questions in Jenara Nerenberg’s Divergent Mind: Thriving in a World That Wasn’t...
by Kristine Madera | Nov 28, 2023 | Blog, Book Review
Selfie: How We Became So Self-Obsessed by Will Storr Book Review by Kristine Madera Full disclosure, I like political and socioeconomic history told from a compelling angle, so I was thrilled with Will Storr’s book Selfie, which stitches together the ancient...