“Both Burns and the CIA station in Moscow had warned that trouble lay ahead for the United States after Putin’s imminent and inevitable reelection. He would seek revenge against America.”
― The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century – The Revelatory History of Intelligence Wars from Afghanistan to Moscow and Beijing
― The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century – The Revelatory History of Intelligence Wars from Afghanistan to Moscow and Beijing
“What is missed in a discussion limited to mental illness and lone wolves are the exploitatively political and social contexts that make individuals feel like lone wolves in America. Understanding those contexts is key to understanding why most (but not all) people who commit mass shootings in America are white males, and why white males have committed mass shootings more and more frequently over the last half century.”
― The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics
― The Hidden History of Guns and the Second Amendment: How to Talk about Race, Religion, Politics, and Other Polarizing Topics
“Big Brother–style social control—the control of behavior and ultimately even thought and belief—has a history as long as human memory. From The Epic of Gilgamesh to the Bible to the early American colonies to today, surveillance and the threat of violence have been its principal instruments.”
― The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy
― The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy
“All men should be allowed to participate in their health, and screening for prostate cancer is a key part of it.”
― Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer
― Dr. Patrick Walsh's Guide to Surviving Prostate Cancer
“While the English law that the colonies operated under specified that the bond status of a father determined the status of his child, as more and more Virginia farm, factory, and plantation owners fathered “mulatto” children by raping enslaved African women, in 1662 Virginia changed the law to specify the mother’s status as defining that of her child.”
― The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy
― The Hidden History of Big Brother in America: How the Death of Privacy and the Rise of Surveillance Threaten Us and Our Democracy
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