A great insightful post from Bryan Caplan. Think of all of the things we take for granted today that were not available to anyone 100 years ago, even the most wealthy and royalty. A few items off the top of…
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Book Review: How An Economy Grows and Why It Crashes by Peter Schiff
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This is a brief look at Peter Schiff’s 2010 book, How an Economy Grows and Why It Crashes. How an Economy Grows… came out earlier this year with some fanfare as Schiff has been a vocal opponent of the Bush…
Book Review: Nelson’s Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World
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This book (Nelson’s Trafalgar: The Battle That Changed the World) was recommended to me by derekW on Timezone.com. Trafalgar (1805) is considered one of the largest and most significant battles in all of history. The general consensus is that it…
Book Review: Bear Went over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan
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Bear Went over the Mountain: Soviet Combat Tactics in Afghanistan is an odd little book, book dry and unsettling. It’s an academic look at what the Soviets did right and wrong during their occupation of Afghanistan in the 1980s. When…
Book Review: The Wolf: How One German Raider Terrorized the Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of WWI
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The Wolf: How One German Raider Terrorized the Allies in the Most Epic Voyage of WWI by Richard Guilliatt & Peter Hohnen. Books like this are the reason I rarely read any fiction. There are still far too many amazing…
Book Review: The Myth of the Robber Barons by Burton Folsom
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The Myth of the Robber Barons: A New Look at the Rise of Big Business in America. Yet another book I wish I hadn’t waited so long to read. About 170 pages, an easy read with solid end notes. The…
Book Review: Hamilton’s Curse by Thomas DiLorenzo
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The full title is: Hamilton’s Curse: How Jefferson’s Arch Enemy Betrayed the American Revolution–and What It Means for Americans Today. This is a follow-up to Dr. DiLorenzo’s two excellent books on Abraham Lincoln. [Lincoln Unmasked & The Real Lincoln] Going…
Book Review: Hoodwinking the Nation by Julian Simon
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I think Julian Simon was a brilliant man with a giant intellect and a gift for explaining the world around us. As a result of discovering his writings I’ve become more positive and grateful … and look forward to the…
Book Review: Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
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I can’t recall where I learned of this book [Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers], it’s been in my Amazon queue for maybe 6 months. I think the best comment I have regarding this book is that no other…
Quick Book Review: The Siege Of Mecca
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From the official web site of the book, The Siege of Mecca: The 1979 Uprising at Islam’s Holiest Shrine … The Siege of Mecca: “On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was…