We met at the home of Norton Schwartz on February 15 and discussed the book ISIS—The State of Terror by Stern and Berger. The book covered the rise of ISIS, their recruiting methods and their ideology that will help them persist. We discussed the alternate roles of the United States in meeting this threat to the Mid-East and the domestic problem … [Read more...]

We met at the home of Mary Crowl on Wednesday, January 18 to discuss the book The Fix—How Nations Thrive and Survive in a World in Decline by Jonathan Tepperman, managing editor of Foreign Affairs magazine. He discusses some of the world’s problems, such as immigration, corruption, civil war, and Islamic extremism and tells the story of different … [Read more...]

The Oreo Book Club met at the home of Lakshman Sehgal on Wednesday, November 16, to review The Imperial Cruise by James Brady. The book covered a period of Teddy Roosevelt’s Gun Boat diplomacy in the Pacific with the Philippines, Japan and Korea. His thesis was that Teddy was responsible for Japan Bombing Pearl Harbor and everything else that went … [Read more...]

We met at the home of Norton Schwartz on September 15 to review his recommendation Why liberals Win the Culture Wars by Stephan Prothero. The thesis of the book was that the arc of American history goes from conservatism to liberal in cultural issues such as women’s rights, gay rights, black rights, civil liberties, etc. Historical examples were … [Read more...]

The Really Serious Oreo Book Club met in August to review and discuss the book American Caesar by William Manchester. This book is about the arc of the life of General Douglas Mac Arthur, from hero to fired General. Diane Hearne hosted and led the discussion. The next meeting will be on September 21st at the home of Norton Schwartz. The book to … [Read more...]

We met at the home of Mike Harrod to review One Nation Under God by Kruse. David Goldberg led the discussion of how our country, founded on the principle of separation of Church and State, evolved into a government with God on its currency, prayers before every opening of Congress, White House prayer sessions and preachers of every category … [Read more...]

The Oreo Book Club met at the home of Lakshman Sehgal to review his recommendation of Heretic by Aayan Hirsi. Much of the discussion revolved around the viability of the author's recommendation of Muslim reformation toward abandoning that aspect of the Korans injunction of elimination unbelievers. We consider the brutality of medieval Christian … [Read more...]

We met at the home of Norton Schwartz to review the recommendation of Lakshman Sehgal and Francis Ozimec of Superpower by Ian Bremer. The thesis of the book was that the United States cease bearing the burden of trying to influence the entire world and selectively cut back on it’s military and civilian support commitments and concentrate more … [Read more...]