Category: Book Reviews

Why you should stop giving billionaires free cash

The old “I’m going to move my professional sports team franchise if you don’t give me a stadium” scam has been pretty well covered in the mainstream media. I’ll give credit to the folks over at

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If you read the news, you don’t need to read The Case for Impeachment

I love a good tear down of any person in office, regardless of political party. So I had high hopes for The Case for Impeachment by Allan J. Lichtman. Unfortunately, if you’ve been reading along during the rise of President Donald Trump, the book doesn’t have anything new to tell you. If you’ve been paying…

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Review: The Art of Invisibility

Given the recent media attention paid to surveillance, technology, wire tapping, and technical tomfoolery, we should all strive to improve our security practices. Even if you’re not a bad guy, privacy is still a precious resource to be protected. That’s Kevin Mitnick’s argument in The Art of Invisibility: The World’s Most Famous Hacker Teaches You…

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Tiki Tales in Book About Famous Supper Club

Kahiki Supper Club: A Polynesian Paradise in Columbus by David Myers, Elise Myers Walker, Jeff Chenault, & Doug Motz was released in 2014 and provides a unique look into the history of a tiki landmark in the Midwest of all places. For almost four decades, the Kahiki Supper Club distinctive architecture highlighted the east side…

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Plan Your Trip by The Kentucky Barbecue Book

The Food Network and other outlets churn out insufferable amounts of coverage devoted to barbecue in Texas, North Carolina, and Kansas City. With good reason, admittedly. Like anything, there are places where people simply do things right. And those locales should be celebrated and honored. But by falling back on these old faithful locations time…

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