“Every word out of their mouth was, ‘we don’t care,'”
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
I’m currently reading a great book “Individual Rights and Government Wrongs” by Brian Phillips. Heresome excerpts about this very subject:
pg 159 “In a capitalist society, you are free to act acording to your own judgment. You are free to set goals, determine a course of action, and then take the actions you think best. You are free to exercise your property rights–the right to earn,use, own, keep, and dispolse of material values–in pursuit of your goals. In short, you are free to plan and act on your plan. However, government intervention, including zoning, prevents you from acting on your judgment–your plan. Your plan becomes subservient to the plan of others. you are compelled to sacrifice your self-interest–your goals and dreams–in the name of the “public interest.” For example, you might be forced to move trees that you planted years before, or you might be cvompelled to lop twelve stories off of your building. This is just one more example of how the altruist morality harms the lives of individuals.”
pg 164 “Land-use regulations, like all regulations, are founded on the premise that your property–and therefore your life–ultimately belongs to society, to be used for whatever purpose is deemed to be in the “public interest.” This is the premise that must be rejected. Morally, your property is your to use as you choose. And your life is yours to live as you choose.”
Like I said, it’s a great book, without any exageration, as poor Denise Morrison found out.