Mark Schroeder Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

Mark Schroeder

@GOP Is it true that Republican governors want to ban John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath"?

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@GOP @SteveScaliseGOP @JakeEllzey The first principle for the Republican Party is: “A lie told often enough becomes the truth.” ― Vladimir Lenin

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I'm reading Philip Roth's "The Human Stain" right now. I came to Roth late. I had always associated him with my father's crowd and worldview, the brooding, sex-obsessed aficionados of the New Yorker, martinis, and a certain kind of male alienation -- and yet, I find his (1)

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@debostic After this kind of crap you can only hope that Wray and Garland have an airtight case against the guy.

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Thinkers from Plato to Freud have tried to work out what it means to be "free" within a democratic society. They knew that unfettered freedom would create a state of barbarism where the strong preyed on the weak. So they created a set of control mechanisms, laws, to ensure (1)

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Reading Kate Atkinson's "Shrines of Gaiety." It's so nice to be in the hands of a master. Her "Life After Life" was a masterpiece. #Reading

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@elonmusk @paulg As David Sinclair -- an actual expert on the topic -- points out, Musk is wrong -- about human lifespan. It's mostly epigenetic and this can be influenced by a variety of factors.

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@KatherineQActs Kate Atkinson's "Life After Life" is almost a masterpiece. Anthony Doer's "All The Light We Cannot See" is brilliant. Depends on what you like, also.

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@LuciaRendn4 Have you read (or seen) Nikos Kazantzakis's "The Last Temptation of Christ"? Well-known novel, made into a move 30 years ago. The soundtrack by Peter Gabriel is quite good.

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@tedcruz Cruz should know about being a disgrace. Good thing Jack Smith has the receipts, eh?

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