"George Washington's Secret Six," co-authored by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager, Review by Mary Rund

12/23/2013

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"George Washington's Secret Six," co-authored by Brian Kilmeade and Don Yeager seeks to give tribute to a group of six spies that were

instrumental in helping George Washington win the Revolutionary War.

     In a detailed account of how the six were chosen, the reader is given a history of each of these common spies who were successful working as

a group  by working alone and intermingling with the British enemy.  Long after the war was won, the Culper Spy ring  whose members  were Robert Townsend, a Quaker merchant; Austin Roe, a tavern keeper; Caleb Brewster, long shoreman; Abraham Woodhue, Bachelor businessman; James Rovington, coffeehouse and print shop owner and Agent 355, woman of unknown identity remained unrecognized because of the negative nature of their work.

     Mr. Kilmeade, who is co-host of "Fox and Friends" is passionate these individuals be known and recognized for their patriotism and risk to personal life.

Watching him interviewed on C-Span, it was as though, Mr. Kilmeade was in the thick of the action and reporting on  the spy ring's movements.  He wants them to have their just do.

     I highly recommend this book for the dangerous and adventurous journey into the right to win America's freedom from the British Monarchy.

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“Catastrophic Care How American Health care Killed My Father- And How We can Fix it.” Review by: Mary Rund

9/27/2013

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          In his book, “Catastrophic Care How American Health care Killed My Father- And How We can Fix it,” David Goldberg provides an investigative approach to our current healthcare system and how and why we need to change our thinking in both delivery of care and how we pay for it.

In 2007, David Goldberg’s father entered the hospital as a result of pneumonia.  Within hours of his admission, he developed a hospital acquired infection that landed him in the intensive care unit with a five week stay that ended in his death and thousands of dollars in care that Medicare paid for.  Mr. Goldberg’s anger drove him to examine how our heath care system with our world class technology and hospital professionals could have been so careless.  What he found was a system that causes over two hundred thousand avoidable deaths in medical errors annually and the financial impact it is to our government and insurance industry.

He challenges both political parties and our health care providers to be transparent to health care consumers in what needs to happen to provide quality health care at a reasonable cost.  In addressing health care and the Affordable Care Act passed in 2010, he argues this new legislation is really not health care but an extension of health insurance which will drive up the costs of health care even more overshadowing the reason for the legislation which is to provide health care to all Americans.

For those interested in a detailed analysis of delivery of health care and how to fund it, this book is an excellent read.  As consumers, we need to know what care is, how it is provided, what it actually costs us and to take charge of our own health.  As we are purchasers of our own health care, Mr. Goldberg challenges us all to become educated health care consumers and take a more active role in making health care decisions.  Ask your self, if I had to pay for my health care, wouldn’t I be more involved?


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"Immigration Wars" review by Mary Rund

6/25/2013

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Former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and constitutional lawyer Clint Bolick have teamed up in the book "Immigration Wars,"to provide a common sense approach to our on-going problem of immigration.  Both authors expressed concern that neither political party has stepped up to make the tough decisions that are necessary not only to provide our country with protection of its culture and traditions, but also to expand opportunities for immigrants with the skills and knowledge to grow our economy.  With our cumbersome laws and regulations, we are losing our ability to recruit skilled immigrants to other countries who are also competing for these workers.

The authors present a six plan approach beginning with fundamental reform followed by a demand-driven immigration system; an increased role for the states (this is not just a federal government issues); how to deal with the current illegal immigration problem how to protect our borders and finally how to teach civics and our nation's founding values.  Our country can no longer afford to quick fix the immigration issue.  Adding more laws to fix long standing problems only makes them difficult to enforce and increases the influx of illegal immigrants.

For those who are interested in a brief history of how our immigration laws evolved and other approaches to solving our current immigrant issues, this book is a good read. 

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"When Rabbit Howls" By The Troops for Truddi Chase

5/28/2013

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"When Rabbit Howls" is an autobiography written by the ninety-two personalities of Tuddie Chase as the a result of the incest she suffered at the hands of her stepfather.  The abuse began as early as two years of age and continued into her teens.  Her mother did nothing to stop the abuse and also verbally and physically abused Truddi.  "Rabbit" is one of the personalities and was named  as a result of her step-father stepping on baby rabbits just to hear them cry.  The experiences related in this book are troubling as Truddie known as "The Woman" by her many personalities share the horrible tortures she experienced such as being strapped to a chair, hung upside down by a rope and every other sexual act inconceivable.

This book is written graphically and is often difficult to follow as the personalities are having conversation and experiences with each other such as getting drunk.  It also provokes a host of unwelcome and uncomfortable emotional responses for the reader as the personalities "strip" Truddie of her memories so she really doesn't know who she is.

For those who are interested in learning more about multiple personality disorders and can manage the emotional responses this book provokes, it is a definite read.  This is not a book recommended for the casual or younger reader.


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