Anyone who knows me even a little knows that I’m a lifelong bibliophile (yes, it’s a word). Whether it’s a mental disorder, a bad habit, or a pleasant pastime, I like books, and I like to buy them. Naturally, when I saw Joe Queenan’s column in the Wall Street Journal, I was delighted.
Stray Books: beware, or forever will they dominate your destiny
August 24, 2012 by
[Incidental Comics]
Need a primer in Austrian economics? [video clip]
January 17, 2012 by
You’ve been watching the debates (except for that one at 7 AM on Sunday morning), and you keep hearing references to Austrian economics. They keep mentioning names like Hayek, Friedman, and Mises. What’s with all these German sounding sames, you say. And why is Ron Paul staying up to read an economics textbook while the rest of these bozos are watching college football? [cont…]
Darth Cheney, unleashed.
August 30, 2011 by
Dick Cheney’s memoir, “In My Time,” is out today. As Daniel Henninger at the WSJ says No one should have expected that Dick Cheney’s memoir would be anything but frank. Make that brutally frank. Such as this characterization of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s description to President George W. Bush of her proposed nuclear-weapons agreement with […]
Tonight’s books, courtesy of the Salt Lake County Library
August 10, 2011 by
Word. Got a couple good looking books from the library tonight. It’s within walking distance, so if I put the kids in the stroller and take them with, I get new books to peruse and read, the kids pick out some new books, and I get at least a modicum of exercise….if just. The books? […]
Become an “expert” in about five books (plus or minus)
June 14, 2011 by
If you’re interested in becoming an “expert” in a flash, or at least boning up on a topic, then nothing beats reading a few well written books. The only trouble is finding the time and finding the right books. Find the time and the books, though, and it is one of the cheapest, and most […]
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