Summer reading

Betrayal was written by Linda Chavez in 2004. It documents the outrageous political power amassed by public employee unions from 1995 to the present. Workers have been betrayed by their union bosses, according to Chavez, because workers' dues have primarily gone to support the Democratic Party, not to do traditional union stuff like collective bargaining, contract negotiations, and grievance resolution. Things have only gotten worse since the election of Barack Obama.

RUSH was written by Todd Bucholz this year. It is witty and thought-provoking. Buchholz challenges the commonly preached ways that individuals find happiness. He is for competition, capitalism, "the pursuit of love, new knowledge, wealth and status," and risk-taking. "The contented do not grow smarter, they grow moss."