John T. Reed’s news blog

Readers often thank me for recommending books and articles to read. One subscriber to my Real Estate Investor’s Monthly said the occasional book reviews alone and the books they led him to were worth the cost of the subscription ($125). I am one of the few book authors who still generally puts bibliographies into his books (not to mention indexes). Other authors and their publishers do not want the expense of the extra pages or of compiling and organizing the information. They also do not want to alert you to where they got their information or to the existence of...

I see no need to demonstrate. I actually do not care for demonstrations and never participated in one. In his book By the People, Charles Murray set for rules for which regulations to violate. I do not recall Murray saying word one about demonstrations. The civil rights movement got disproportionate help from whites who DID have a lot to lose, like presidential candidate JFK calling MLK, jr. when he got arrested.I recall a made-for-TV movie in which whites in a poor neighborhood were terrorized by black gang members. A retired machinist played by Martin Balsam used his machinist skills do...

Mark Christoph said, “Whether they accept it or not is irrelevant because nothing will change unless they riot in the streets nationwide. ”.I think there are things short of rioting in the streets that can be done. Boycott the biased media out of existence or at least to a much smaller Internet-only role. .Charles Murray’s book By the People offers an intriguing approach. The Right sort of does what the Left did in the Civil Rights era: refuse to comply with regulations..The government is like a shepherd. It can only be successful if the people are like sheep. What if...

I mentioned last week that my brother-in-law died on 10/11. He owned a triplex in the Porter Square area of Somerville MA (44 Elm Street). It is now for sale..I never owned it. My wife owns it now. But I have been very impressed with the Realtors Sara Rosenfeld and Karen Morgan of Coldwell Banker so I thought I would give them a plug. I have also been very impressed with their marketing. Here are links to their floor plan and photos and brochure about the property.44_Elm_Somerville.pdf floorplan.https://get.google.com/…/AF1QipOv1W1a_G-CgIhQgbP2iq0L10kfVp….Because this is one of the most educated markets in the world—near Harvard,...

I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed The Unelected President, which I finally read this past week. I couldn't put it down! And given what's going on in Ukraine right now, I probably couldn't have picked a more relevant time to read it. I find myself thinking "What Would Medlock Do?" Kenneth Goldman.I'm enjoying your novel. To be honest I put off getting it because I wasn't sure that your nonfiction style would translate well to fiction. But I'm about 150 pages in and enjoying the story. It is well written and thought provoking. And more humor than...