One of the primary storylines from the past week is how the mainstream media sucks (truthfully media never recovered going online…the news wasn’t gonna slow down long enough for them to figure out an online business strategy. Anybody who has madcap dashed through a busy airport to catch their departing flight understands that stress.)

There’s a handful of writers who’ve got fantastic non-fiction books that deal with many of the tough topics and trendy themes people are grappling with. And for the most part I haven’t seen these writer interviewed or quoted which is painfully sloppy journalism. Again.

They’re all tremendous books bursting with ideas…read em anyways. They pushed around my intellect…gave me swirlies and stuffed me in lockers. Kinda what you want a good book to do:

White Rage: The Unspoken Truth of Our Racial Divide
by Carol Anderson

We Gon’ Be Alright: Notes on Race and Resegregation
by Jeff Chang

Ego Is the Enemy
by Ryan Holiday

Originals: how non-conformists move the world
by Adam Grant

But What If We’re Wrong?: Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past
by Chuck Klosterman

A Field Guide to Lies: Critical Thinking in the Information Age
by Daniel Levitin

There’s more…I dunno if I should keep the list going. Not a fan of online lists; it’s lazy reading.

Sammy Younan @ W • T • F

Ziggy Was Here January 8, 1947 – January 10, 2016

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