Misc Posts
This is home to all random thoughts and musings.
Miscellaneous Posts
Not every post on this site is a review. I sometimes make posts on random thoughts and topics that interest me.
Trump and the plundering of his Republican base
You don’t have to be a political pollster to know that Trump is going to lose the election in November. Even his loyal base is growing tired of his incompetence. So what do you do if you’re on team Trump and you know that you
Review of What You Have Heard Is True
Review of What You Have Heard Is True: A Memoir of Witness and Resistance by Carolyn Forche Rating ***** Carolyn Forche’s book starts with a visit from a total stranger with a distant family connection. The stranger, Leonel Gomez Vides, invites Carolyn to visit his
Review of The Confession Killer
Review of the Netflix documentary series The Confession KillerRating ***** This documentary series should be required viewing for every person considering a career as a detective. When it comes to false confessions, this is an example of what not to do. The majority of false
Crazy in Texas Part II
There’s nothing like a crisis to highlight the ill-prepared and the incompetent. Texas has always been a state that puts business interests over its citizens. I wrote about this in my post Crazy in Texas. Now we have our top leaders stumbling over each other
Best of Everything Nonfiction 2019
Here are the best books, films, and documentaries reviewed on Everything Nonfiction this year. Books An American Sickness by Elisabeth Rosenthal – A detailed look at our healthcare system. Denial Written by Deborah E. Lipstadt – A writer is sued for libel by a holocaust
Review of The Devil Next Door
Directed by Yossi Bloch and Daniel SilvanRating ***** Was John Demjanjuk the murderous Ivan the Terrible, who worked the gas chambers at the Nazi death camp Treblinka, or was he a victim of misidentification? That’s the question at the center of this five-part Netflix documentary