Jackson mixed public and private business in ways that would be considered scandalous today, and were criticized even in the nineteenth century, when notions of ethics were different and not all details of his acts were known.

We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing?, Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.

I've been in a reading slump lately but I'm slowly coming out of it with this book.

close to finishing Infomocracy. It's been an uneven read for me, but very anxious to finish and see how it will end. Appropriate for an election year.