By Jim Heffernan Here’s how The New York Times introduces this very short beautiful book: “Three months after George Saunders gave a graduation address at Syracuse University, a transcript of that speech…
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BOOK REVIEW: Fighting Oligarchy by Bernie Sanders
By Jim Heffernan This book was published September 30, 2025 and I read it yesterday.(Feb. 8, 2026) It’s a slim 144 pages, tightly written and a partisan pleasure to read. The book…
BOOK REVIEW: Caste – The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson
I started this review for “Black History Month”, but soon realized the book was more than a book about blacks. Caste refers to the process where a society identifies a portion of…
BOOK REVIEW: The Constitution of Knowledge – A Defense of Truth by Jonathan Rauch
By Jim Heffernan There’s a saying that, “if your only tool is a hammer, every problem looks like a nail.” I see big problems that impact all of us and my only…
BOOK REVIEW: “The Road to Freedom – Economics and teh Good Society”
By Jim Heffernan This is a book I’ve had in my kindle library since it was first published in 2024. Something distracted me and I lost track of it. My mistake. He…
BOOK REVIEW: The Last Sweet Mile by Allen Levi
By Jim Heffernan Allen Levi‛s first novel, Theo of Golden made quite a splash in the book world. Originally it was self-published and sold 3,000 copies in 2023, 25,000 copies in 2024,…
BOOK REVIEW: The Secret History of Wonder Woman by Jill Lepore
By Jim Heffernan I ran across this title and was immediately intrigued by why a serious historian would write about wonder woman. Turns out it’s a good story about women’s progress in…
CLOUD & LEAF BOOKS AFTER HOURS presents: Tyler Bieber and the story of Father Thomas Oddo, Sat. Jan. 10th
JANUARY 10 SATURDAY 5:30 PM Wine & Books Father Thomas Odoo – a prominent Catholic who pioneered LGBTQ+ inclusion in the Catholic Church. AGAINST THE CURRENT: FATHER TOM ODDO AND THE NEW…
BOOK REVIEW: The Case for The Nation by Jill Lepore
By Jim Heffernan I loved this little book written by the woman I consider to be America’s best historian. The book was written in 2019, a year after her 933 page These…
BOOK REVIEW: HumanKind – Changing the World One Small Act at a Time by Brad Aronson
By Jim Heffernan Two years ago, I reviewed a book with a similar title, “Human Kind-A Hopeful History.” That book was historical and philosophical in nature and was built around the concept…