Logic and Mr. Limbaugh

Hey guys, its Adventure Van here with a blog about an awesome logic book I’ve read, called “Logic and Mr. Limbaugh”. Written by Ray Perkins Jr., this is a great text book talking about logic fallacies, and does a great job of NOT getting political even with most of the topics being so. As you may have guessed, this book is about Rush Limbaugh, a famous talk show host who leans heavily to the right. However, as I’ve mentioned, this book does an AMAZING job of not getting into politics but instead the actual logical fallacies that he makes.

The book has two sections: Logic Introduction and Rush’s Fallacies. The beginning gives the basics of Logic and the many types of fallacies you can make during an argument. It’s the perfect mix between in-depth and easy to read that allows you to get the gist of it without it being as complex as textbooks. All in all, the beginning on its own makes a nice pamphlet to teach about the basics of logic.

The next part begins stripping away the politics from Rush’s arguments and making them into the bare skeletons of logic they should be. Taking arguments from his books and stuff he’s said on air, and working on the logical fallacies that make them structurally wrong. Because of how well done it is, and I can’t stress this enough, it takes an  extremely political guy with extremely political arguments and makes it into a non-political logic textbook that all groups should probably take a glance at.

After all is said and read, a very enjoyable book. (And the small cartoons inside are a nice touch.) I’d recommend checking this book out if you get the chance, even if it’s a bit old.

Adventure Van, arguing out.

Illustrated History of the World

Hey Guys, it’s Adventure van here with a blog about the book “Illustrated History of the World’. This is at it calls itself, an “encyclopedia of events from pre-historic times up to the present day”. Of course, the present day at the time of this book being published was the space age, but it’s still got tons of info about before and then, making it a viable source of  historical info. I’ve read it several times over the years, and it’s a very helpful book, which has both illustrations of what’s happening as well as paintings, photographs, and clay pots.

This history book does skim over history, making it somewhat thin for a history book, but it’s still very detailed in what it covers, not missing any real important events and writing about most of the secondary ones. I find myself going to it every once in a while to check what it has to say about an event, because it’s a very good source. The pictures help implant it into your head, making what you learn in it very memorable.

It does in some minor places fall suspect to ‘historical bias’, but not as often as you’d think a picture heavy history book would. It actually sticks very well to actual history, looking at both sides evenly with the same amount of info. It’s a very informative read, working well with others to help supplement another history book.

All in all, an enjoyable read about an enjoyable subject. If you get the chance to take a look at it or you want to get an unbiased, well informed source for a report, I would definitely recommend this book.

Adventure Van, making history.