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The Plot Against Social Security: How The Bush Plan Is Endangering Our Financial Future

17 reviews
Michael A. Hiltzik

Thorndike Press, 2005

Very informational
Before reading this book, I had little more than rudimentary knowledge about Social Security. When I was done, I knew much more about it. This book is an excellent treatise on the subject. It runs down the history of Social Security, including the constant attacks it has faced throughout its existence, and debunks many of them, especially contemporary ones. Hiltzik methodically goes ...

Dealers of Lightning: Xerox PARC and the Dawn of the Computer Age

44 reviews
Michael A. Hiltzik

Collins Business, 2000

Excellent history of a major player in computing history
I found this an excellent, well-written overview of the history of Xerox's Palo Alto Research Center (PARC). Not only are major players and products covered (the Alto, Smalltalk, Alan Kay), but the background and collateral history appears as well (DARPA, Vannevar Bush, J.C. Licklider, The Spacewar article in Rolling Stone). Much like Steven Levy's book Hackers, reading this book makes you feel ...