Let’s take a break from the hard-core McCain bashing and take a journey into a magical fantasy world in the form of the movie, Ella Enchanted.
This is a movie based off the book of the same name by Gail Levine. It’s a popular book (one of my personal favs) and has won at least one [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Books’
2 Sep
Ella Enchanted
8 Aug
The History of Religion
I said I’d probably be writing more about that “God is Red” book I was reading and guess what? I was right.
Vine Deloria puts forward some very interesting points about Christianity versus tribal religions in this book. Without placing blame or making one worse than the other, he points out a number of very fundamental [...]
2 Aug
War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning
I recently finished the book “War is a Force that Gives Us Meaning” by Chris Hedges for the second time. It is an infinitely interesting account of a war correspondent’s experiences in war-torn countries, but it is also infinitely disturbing. Even the title itself makes me shy away, not wanting to believe what I’m reading [...]
15 Jul
Stop Global Warming: The Solution is You
Global warming is a reality for many people now, but sometimes with problems that are this large scale, it’s difficult to decide how to proceed in order to create change. Laurie David is one of the leading activists for global warming and in her book, she gives students (and adults) some insight on the issue, [...]
9 Jul
Lost History
As part of my thesis, which deals with Native American tribes’ involvement in wolf reintroduction, my thesis committee chair recommended that I read some books by a prominent Native American author named Vine Deloria. I’ve started with the one that my committee chair most highly recommended: God Is Red.
I’m only two chapters in and I [...]
8 Jul
Classic Titles
I found this on this blog as I was browsing through wordpress. It’s pretty interesting. Go through and see how you do.
“The Big Read, an initiative by the National Endowment for the Arts, has estimated that the average adult has only read 6 of the top 100 books they’ve printed. How do you do?
1) Look [...]
22 Jun
The Lorax
This is a review for the short story The Lorax by Dr. Suess. I found the full text here if you don’t mind funky text colors. This was submitted for a contest on progressiveu.org and I actually was one of the winners!
Review for The Lorax by Dr. Suess
“I am the Lorax. I speak for the [...]
