The title,
A Choice Not An Echo, is a direct reference to 1964 Republican presidential nominee Barry Goldwater’s famous declaration, “I will not change my beliefs to win votes. I will offer a choice, not an echo.” But Goldwater faced enormous opposition by moneyed Northeast elites whom Schlafly refers to as “the kingmakers.” Today, we might use the terms Conservativism Inc., or the “donor class.”
Schlafly offers examples of how these “kingmakers” artificially limit the scope of choice Americans have in presidential candidates by limiting the distribution of information on some and reporting favorably on their favorite.
What would Schlafly think about Big Tech censorship? Or “room-service journalism” on the Biden-Harris administration? If she were alive today, she might discover
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OffOn Song of Solomon and The Color Purple are among Bennett s must reads.
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Brit Bennett s book picks for Black History Month
This year for Black History Month, “Good Morning America” spoke with author Brit Bennett about her list of favorite books to read to celebrate Black culture.
Bennett’s second book, “The Vanishing Half,” was the “GMA” Book Club Pick for the month of June. It was one of last year’s most anticipated books and is a stunning page-turner about twin sisters who were inseparable as children but ultimately chose to live two separate lives as adults: one Black and one white. It’s also a powerful story about family, compassion, identity and roots.
Winter Words Author Series: Robert Kolker
Join us for a conversation with best-selling author
Robert Kolker, who will discuss his latest book, “Hidden Valley Road,” which was an Oprah’s Book Club Pick and named one of the Top Ten Books of 2020 by The New York Times and a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post, NPR and TIME, among others.
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Robert Kolker is the New York Times bestselling author of “
Lost Girls,” named one of the New York Times’s 100 Notable Books and one of
Slate’s best non-fiction books of the quarter-century, and most recently “
Hidden Valley Road,” an instant #1 New York Times best-seller.
NationofChange
The issues inherent in the climate crisis as well as the solutions are complex, but Noam Chomsky and Robert Pollin do an excellent job of presenting a clear and actionable analysis of both. If you are looking for a solution based, well thought out approach to the biggest existential threat to humanity today, this book is a must-read.
In this month’s BookClub Pick, Noam Chomsky, the world’s leading public intellectual, and Robert Pollin, a renowned progressive economist, map out the catastrophic consequences of unchecked climate change and present a realistic blueprint for change: the Green New Deal.