By Jim Heffernan Michael E. Mann, a distinguished climate scientist professor, and Peter J Hotez, a noted scientist and pediatrician, got together to produce a very good book about anti-science, which threatens…
Category: Books
BOOK REVIEW: Theo of Golden by Allen Levi
By Jim Heffernan One of my resolutions for the New Year is to read more fiction. This book was an excellent way to begin. My home page, refdesk.com, has been recommending it…
BOOK REVIEW: Separation of Church & Hate by John Fugelsang
By Jim Heffernan I can’t remember where I saw news of this book, but the title grabbed me. The author is the son of a former Carmelite nun and a former Franciscan…
BOOK REVIEWS: Jim Heffernan’s Top 25 for 2025
By Jim Heffernan Here’s my fourth annual book list. It’s my take on the best 25 books I’ve read in 2025. Many of them have reviews in the Pioneer, some don’t. Many…
BOOK REVIEW: “Paper Girl” by Beth Macy
By Jim Heffernan This is one of those rare books that I just couldn’t put down after I started reading it. It set me off on a binge to read her other…
BOOK REVIEWS: Superbloom & The Shallows by Nicholas Carr
By Jim Heffernan I was attracted to “Superbloom” as a new 2025 book. It opened me up to the writing of Nicholas Carr and I had to have more. I went on…
BOOK REVIEWS: The Dying Citizen & The MAGA Doctrine
Somehow I channelled Erasmus, the 15th. Century monk, with the famous quotation, “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.” …
BOOK REVIEW: Here Comes the Sun – A Last Chance for the Climate and a Fresh Chance for Civilization By Bill McKibben
By Neal Lemery This new book is an insightful and wholistic look at our planet’s climate crisis and the innovations in solar and wind energy to transform our energy needs and abilities…
HOFFMAN CENTER: AUTHOR READING WITH JANE ASHE, “FIREFLY” SEPT. 18TH
Author Reading with Jane AsheSeptember 18 | 4:00-5:30 pmThis event is free and open to the public From Julianne Johnson – Please join me in offering a warm welcome to my cousin…
BOOK REVIEW: Coming Up Short – A Memoir of My America by Robert Reich
EDITOR’S NOTE: Where’s Jim been?? I asked myself that question a few weeks ago and reached out into the void … nothing. Then this appeared in my inbox! With this “apology explanation”…