Back on January 15th I wrote up a review of my "latest read", The Only Three Questions That Count, and as I usually do, then posted the review on the amazon website. Here it is: Tom Faranda’s Folly: Latest read: The Only Three Questions that Count Yesterday I got a nice email from the author, … Read more
(Off Donald Luskin’s website) One day, one made the comment that preaching to people wasn’t really all that hard. A real challenge would be to preach to a bear. One thing led to another, and they decided to do an experiment. They would all go out into the woods, find a bear, preach to it, … Read more
Well I’m not the only weblog all over Obama-mania. The online left wing magazine Slate is into the act in the person of one of their major writers, Timothy Noah. The Obama Messiah Watch. – By Timothy Noah – Slate Magazine I therefore inaugurate the Obama Messiah Watch, which will periodically highlight gratuitously adoring biographical … Read more
My oldest son, Joe, is in the eighth grade, so we are looking around at Catholic high schools. The way it works, you take a test (in New York it’s called the TACHS), and the results are sent to three high schools you choose, along with your grammar school transcript. They then send out letters … Read more
I posted this review on Amazon. It's in the four stars column – titled the review A page-turner, with some debatable opinions The title "Sea of Thunder" refers to the greatest naval battle in history. The Battle of Leyte Gulf (pronounced Laytee) was fought off the Philipines from October 23 to 26, 1944. There were … Read more
This is a superb book. The sub-title is "Investing by Knowing What Others Don’t" and it is the best book I’ve read on investing and asset managment in years. The author is Kenneth Fisher, an investment manager based in California, who also writes a monthly column in Forbes magazine. He’s a pretty successful guy, ranked … Read more
Here’s a really fine essay on King’s famous speech on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in August, 1963 (44 years ago this August!). It’s short so hit the link and read the whole thing. The Power of Dreams OpinionJournal – Taste There is no gainsaying King’s natural gifts. But King’s speech didn’t just bubble … Read more
N.T. Wright is the Anglican Bishop of Durham, England. He is also a biblical scholar of high note, with several well-received books on Jesus. Christianity Today had a very fine interview with him that you can read in full here: Mere Mission | Christianity Today | A Magazine of Evangelical Conviction Your book Simply Christian … Read more
I came across this book while reading a review for another book on amazon.com. The subtitle to Body for Life is "12 weeks to Mental and Physical Strength", and it’s written by a professional trainer named Bill Phillips. The book and program (they have a big website operation) seems to be wildly popular; there were … Read more
The Catholic Church tries to be consistent across a broad range of life and social justice activities – in theory. As often as not though, it’s Evangelicals who do the better job of spelling out a "consistent ethic of life". Here’s an article in Christianity Today weaving together respect for prenatal life, and a proper … Read more