Review: From Hope to Higher Ground–12 STEPS to Restoring America’s Greatness
One of Two Formula Books in My Four-Book Look, January 5, 2008
One of Two Formula Books in My Four-Book Look, January 5, 2008
1998, the most earnest book (his first), January 5, 2008 January 5, 2008 Mike Huckabee I bought four of Governor Huckabee’s books, and spent much of Sunday going through them. I’ve decided to do one review posted four times, to provide anyone visiting one of the four books to see four snapshots in one place. …
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Final Review of Four Books Taken Together January 5, 2008 Mike Huckabee I bought four of Governor Huckabee’s books, and spent much of Sunday going through them. I’ve decided to do one review posted four times, to provide anyone visiting one of the four books to see four snapshots in one place. I am NOT …
One of A Handful of “Must Reads” for Christmas December 13, 2007 Patrick Buchanan Amazon ate my earlier review, probably because they did not like all the links I included to make the point that while Patrick Buchanan is dead on target as an individual minds, there is a *huge* convergence of public opinion from …
Nobel Prize Material–Final Review December 13, 2007 John Bogle This book is a work of genius and integrity, with the potential to catalyze Wall Street into fulfilling the promise of moral capitalism and community ownership. Here are some highlights from my flyleaf notes: + America is no longer an ownership society–financial intermediaries “own” everyting and …
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Colin Powell 5.0 out of 5 stars Valued Early Bird over Spies and Secrecy, November 30, 2007 I read biographies of key officials as a means of trying to understand how they make decisions, and on what basis of fact or fancy they make decisions. Colin Powell is a great man, and I hope he …
5.0 out of 5 stars Dick Cheney Pulls Noam Chomsky to the Center (Relatively Speaking) October 18, 2007 Noam Chomsky Edit of 15 Jun 09 to correct factual error in original review (nuclear deal with Iran under Gerald Ford, not Ronald Reagan, in 1974). Chomsky is actually starting to win over the balanced middle with …