Myths, Lies, and Downright Stupidity : Get Out the Shovel--Why Everything You Know Is Wrong

from miyurose

This was pretty good. I, of course, read everything with my handy grain of salt, but the book confirmed some things I already thought. It also opened my eyes to a few things. And made my eyes roll at a few others. The equality and education sections made me particularly angry (don't get me starte...

from melydia

The famous 20/20 anchor takes on a large number of commonly held beliefs and discusses whether or not they are true. I learned quite a bit about a broad range of subjects, and Stossel's straightforward writing style is immensely readable. However, I have a feeling that if I was a die-hard believe...

from melydia

The famous 20/20 anchor takes on a large number of commonly held beliefs and discusses whether or not they are true. I learned quite a bit about a broad range of subjects, and Stossel's straightforward writing style is immensely readable. However, I have a feeling that if I was a die-hard believe...

from hlselz

The title explains it. John sheds some great new light on some ideas, and mores that most people always thinks of as true. Some ideas though, I wonder of his sources.

from melikebooks

Eye-opening. To discuss just one of his "Myths": We collectively throw billions of our hard-earned dollars into taxes to pay for "education", yet the best schooling is almost always had only at private venues because of the entrenched -- broken -- system the NEA has enabled. Even home-schooled ki...