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BOOK BY DALE DEBAKCSY HUMANIST PRESS, 2016 122 PP.; $24.99 The conceit from which The Cartoon History of Humanism, Volume One: Antiquity to Enlightenment launches is as funny as it is paradoxical. In fact, its... Read More

BOOK BY GEORGE LAKEY MELVILLE HOUSE, 2016 304 PP.; $26.99 Today, a birth lottery winner (or a chooser behind a Rawlsian veil of ignorance) would likely end up not as a US billionaire’s child (much... Read More

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BOOK BY LARRY A. TAUNTON THOMAS NELSON, 2016 224 PP.; $24.99 (KINDLE $12.99) What would it take to convince you that prolific atheist Christopher Hitchens, toward the end of his life, had doubts about his... Read More

BOOK BY KATHERINE OZMENT HARPER WAVE, 2016 320 PP.; $25.99 With ample statistics, concise historical references, and reliance on social research, Katherine Ozment sets the stage in her recently published book, Grace Without God, for... Read More