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A Shocking Truth Behind the Legacy of a President

History is most clearly observed through the rearview mirror. Leaders can more accurately be judged by the impact of their speeches, actions or inaction, beliefs and accomplishments not by eulogies but after an adequate amount of time has passed for a more objective assessment. Yesterday’s lauded heroes may have legitimately…
Linda Hitchcock
December 10, 2024
Nonfiction

Jason Stanley: How Fascism and Propaganda Work

Jason Stanley stopped by the Just the Right Book studios to discuss his book How Propaganda Works (Princeton University Press) and how language influences the way we think and reason about public issues. In his book How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them, the philosopher and Yale professor warns about the dangers of…
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How Oxenberg Saved Her Daughter from Cult Clutches

Sometimes a book is ripped from the headlines. Sometimes it’s the other way around. Captive (Gallery Books), a blow-by-blow account of actress Catherine Oxenberg’s determination to save her daughter and bring down the Nxivm sex cult, reads like fiction. But you can’t make a story like this up. Oxenberg says Nxivm brainwashed…
Joanna Poncavage
August 20, 2018