Reviewer Jeff Fleischer Interviews Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, Author of Race for Profit: How Banks and the Real Estate Industry Undermined Black Homeownership / You can count on it—every month or two, some headline-seeking pundit will... Read More
A particularly sadistic sort of golf fan tunes into just a couple major tournaments a year because, frankly, they like to see cocky, pampered young millionaires have nervous breakdowns on television. Well, here we are—it’s Masters... Read More
As we take the first tentative steps into the 21st century’s 21st year, there’s no better time to reflect on the previous twelve months and, more importantly, prepare for what’s ahead. Unfortunately, the best advice might be to... Read More
History is a nag. All that moralizing about being condemned to repeat the past if we don’t remember it, when we all know history is a set of agreed-upon lies written by the winners. Not to mention the reason it’s called history and... Read More
Fifty years and seven days ago—amid the riots, political assassinations, and Vietnam War demonstrations that marked 1969 infamously—the Beatles released their masterpiece Abbey Road. In addition to a memorable list of songs, the... Read More
The universe is endlessly mysterious—there’s far more out there that we don’t understand than what can be explained. The desire to face the great unknown is what drives inquisitive minds into physics, astronomy, medicine, and other... Read More
Even as a kid, Jeff Fleischer recalls, he was a politics nerd. Now a Chicago journalist with history books about iconic revolutionaries and instances of mass hysteria under his belt, he’s issued a timely primer on the American... Read More
Fleischer shows teens the ancestors of their nonconformist mindset in this informative and humorous historical guide. Rockin’ the Boat: 50 Iconic Revolutionaries from Joan of Arc to Malcolm X, by Jeff Fleischer, harnesses the rebel... Read More