Stolen Innocence : My story of growing up in a polygamous sect, becoming a teenage bride, and breaking free of Warren Jeffs
by Elissa Wall
with Lisa PulitzerA very captivating book about the life of Elissa Wall in the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS) while it was under the leadership of Warren Jeffs ( Read more... )

I've been reading through the suggested readings and notes from "Letter to a Christian Nation" by Sam Harris. It is very disturbing to note that sciences are being turned into fluffy creationist, partisan crap. How do we expect to excel as a nation when we stunt our children's potential at the get go?

Some of the books suggested:

The God Delusion ( Read more... )