Reviews for Burden Of Bad Ideas

The average rating for Burden Of Bad Ideas based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2008-01-03 00:00:00 Charles Butler I mistakenly thought this book might attempt to engage the reader at some kind of intellectual level. Instead it turned out to be a thinly disguised, incoherently written, polemic screed.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-02-03 00:00:00 Ken Caraglio Heather Mac Donald is an excellent journalist and researcher. The collection herein makes it one of the best non-fiction books I have ever read (I've read about 50-75 annually for 50+ years and am a professional author). It should be recommended reading for all sociology, history, legal, religious, education, gov, and poly-sci degree majors. Those who reported she was not a competent writer, or did not like the content, are likely part of the younger population that was force-feed the very bad ideas that she discusses and reviews therein; or the very people who have promoted them and thus are those she has cautioned us to avoid as harmful. The book now has some date on the factual examples as two decades have gone by, but I just re-read it (2015) and found it still pertinent.