I seem to be living the barbell life now, though with the winter setting in a bit too much computer time ;)

I am going to read a book about the European plague. Apparently some good insights on how populations deal with mass death and social chaos.

Hi Jason,
What book might that be? Always on the prowl for new reading material. Thanks in advance.

Matthew,

If you are interested in the media, and why you should not trust it, I'd suggest Escaping Plato's Cave: How America's Blindness of the World Threatens Our Survival by Mort Rosenblum, 2007, ISBN 0-312-36440-7

The title comes from Plato's reference to the shadows on a cave wall that its inhabitants mistook for reality.

I haven't finished it yet but it makes me want to throw up.

Todd

PS Some friends of friends know Mort in France where he lives and say he is really a straight shooter.

Thanks Todd, I'm definitely going to check this one out.

Looks like a (anecdotally interesting) cross between Dark Ages America and Manufacturing Consent

For the reader interested in anatomy of plagues, the life story of Nostradamus and his "real" work as a doctor ministering to victims. Difficult to find any good books among all the nonsense, and I can't recall what book it was that I read. Will try to follow up.