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An incredible book that explains the threat posed by political extremism especially from the far right on liberal democracies.
In the age of information, social media is fomenting and radicalizing lone wolf domestic terrorists easier than generations ago. This book eloquently lays out the threat from groups spawned by extremist ideologies and how nations can battle against them.

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day!
Two great books by a great man.
I‘m challenging myself to read Stride Toward Freedom by his next birthday.

Hey #naturalitsy! There‘s a really good book about today‘s A Tree a Day! I got to meet the author at my public library about 20 years ago, and read this fascinating book as a result.
📸 Taken with my Georgia O‘Keeffe Ponderosa bookmark, “Bear Lake, New Mexico, 1930”

p. 137: 'True peace is not merely the absence of some negative force - tension, confusion, or war; it is the presence of some positive force - justice, good will, and brotherhood.'

Bedtime reading. Good-night.

Inspirational words that I needed to see/hear/read today, on this very dark day in our country. In the words of Martin Luther King Jr., “we must never lose infinite hope.”

Definitely not my favorite narrative history. I'm not sure that I liked the alternating chapters, I think I would have preferred two different books about the Chicago World's Fair and then another about the murders. I get that they tie together in settings and ease in victims but I think I would have preferred them separate. Anyway, I'll definitely look at the area of Chicago differently the next time I visit The Science & Industry Museum.

My book haul for today.

#MartinLutherKingJrDay