errolmorris Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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Tom Doniphon's sacrifice. He commits a murder and destroys his dreams, so that America can prosper... (Yes, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is a sick and deeply profound film. It is also the most romantic film ever made.)

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READING. John Tresch, "The Reason for the Darkness of the Night." It starts with one of my favorite works by Edgar Allan Poe, "Eureka," and concludes with my absolute favorite, "The Light House." Not just with a premonition of disaster. But with a contradiction, P and not-P.

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Bertrand Russell in "The Problems of Philosophy." "The man who has fed the chicken every day throughout its life at last wrings its neck instead, showing that more refined views as to the uniformity of nature would have been useful to the chicken."

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Mary Trump singled-out family separations as an example of her uncle's depravity. I have been reading "Separated: Inside an American Tragedy" by Jacob Soboroff. An important and disturbing book.

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READING. John Tresch, "The Reason for the Darkness of the Night." It starts with one of my favorite works by Edgar Allan Poe, "Eureka," and concludes with my absolute favorite, "The Light House." Not just with a premonition of disaster. But with a contradiction, P and not-P.

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Since we now live in a world of walls, allow me to recommend Ian Volner's "The Great Great Wall." (Bannon was reading a book about the Great Wall of China. I said, You know it really worked. He seemed surprised by my enthusiasm. He said, How's that? I said, No Mexicans in China.)

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EXTRAORDINARY BOOK. Showdown: Thurgood Marshall and the Supreme Court Nomination that Changed America. If you thought the Republicans were unfair to Judge Jackson, just read about the S. Democrats and Judge Marshall. If it's a black nominee just claim they're soft on crime.

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Reading Josiah Thompson, "Last Second in Dallas." For those who liked "The Umbrella Man," this is Thompson's latest and definitive book on the assassination. Three gunmen. Not one.

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Reading and rereading Le Carré's "The Pigeon Tunnel," an odd combination of fact, fiction, biography, and philosophy.