Books
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Tolkien’s Nuanced View of Government
“Tolkien admitted late in life–after serving in the infantry in WWI, anxiously seeing his son fly for the Royal Air Forces in WWII, witnessing the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and watching the rise of communism–that he had almost become an anarchist.” ~ Henry T. Edmondson III
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The Meme-Stock Revolution That Wasn’t
“At the end of the day, argues Jakab, most retail investors were left holding the bag. Aside from the identifiable shorts like Gabe Plotkin or Andrew Left, most other Wall Street actors made a lot of money from the episode.” ~ Joakim Book
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Reading: Feeding the Mind and Soul
“DiYanni’s subtitle says it all: ‘A Practical Guide to Reading Well.’ He doesn’t intend these chapters to substitute for great literature itself. DiYanni means, rather, to steer readers in constructive directions.” ~ Allen Mendenhall
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P.J. O’Rourke Taught Me How ‘Unfairly’ Great American Life Is
“In a world of nearly 8 billion people, many of whom have never even flipped on a light, my daughter was born American. So was I. It wasn’t O’Rourke’s most memorable or even funny quip, but the view here is that it was easily his most important.” ~ John Tamny
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Book Review: Chris Herring’s ‘Blood In the Garden’
“Hopefully Chris Herring follows up his book with one that covers the Knicks teams that came after the ones of the 1990s; that, or Herring’s book inspires a look by someone else into what became of what was once so great, and such a joy to watch.” ~ John Tamny
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Wilhem Röpke’s Civilization of Liberty
“Yes, markets and constitutionalism are vital for a free society. But if you ignore, trivialize, or even try to expunge the civilizational roots of liberty, dystopia and tyranny will surely follow.” ~ Samuel Gregg
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A Review of Weber’s Bureaucratic Method and Why Today’s Bureaucrats Should Take Note
“While organizations today would likely be stunted by Weber’s assertions for rules and rigidity, political pundits may be kept better in line and on task if they were to be managed properly in structural reform and with a hefty amount of accountability.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson
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Reality Decides, in Economics and Evolutionary Biology Alike
“An evolutionary lens isn’t just a corrective for how to live in the 21st century and how to understand our modern predicaments. It also teaches you how markets work, what constraints reality puts on us, and how to consider outcomes you don’t like.” ~ Joakim Book
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Thomas Piketty Strikes Again
“The obvious problem is that Piketty has his own sacrosanct vision, one where a powerful central government orders people about so that they don’t interfere with the grand scheme of equality.” ~ George Leef
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Book Review: Charles Moss and Jonathan Kay’s ‘Magic In the Dark’
“Movie theatres will survive and thrive because we movie lovers want them, and because theater chains are well aware that survival will be rooted in relentless improvement meant to please the customer.” ~ John Tamny
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Tolkien’s Nuanced View of Government
“Tolkien admitted late in life–after serving in the infantry in WWI, anxiously seeing his son fly for the Royal Air Forces in WWII, witnessing the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and watching the rise of communism–that he had almost become an anarchist.” ~ Henry T. Edmondson III
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The Meme-Stock Revolution That Wasn’t
“At the end of the day, argues Jakab, most retail investors were left holding the bag. Aside from the identifiable shorts like Gabe Plotkin or Andrew Left, most other Wall Street actors made a lot of money from the episode.” ~ Joakim Book
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Reading: Feeding the Mind and Soul
“DiYanni’s subtitle says it all: ‘A Practical Guide to Reading Well.’ He doesn’t intend these chapters to substitute for great literature itself. DiYanni means, rather, to steer readers in constructive directions.” ~ Allen Mendenhall
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P.J. O’Rourke Taught Me How ‘Unfairly’ Great American Life Is
“In a world of nearly 8 billion people, many of whom have never even flipped on a light, my daughter was born American. So was I. It wasn’t O’Rourke’s most memorable or even funny quip, but the view here is that it was easily his most important.” ~ John Tamny
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Book Review: Chris Herring’s ‘Blood In the Garden’
“Hopefully Chris Herring follows up his book with one that covers the Knicks teams that came after the ones of the 1990s; that, or Herring’s book inspires a look by someone else into what became of what was once so great, and such a joy to watch.” ~ John Tamny
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Wilhem Röpke’s Civilization of Liberty
“Yes, markets and constitutionalism are vital for a free society. But if you ignore, trivialize, or even try to expunge the civilizational roots of liberty, dystopia and tyranny will surely follow.” ~ Samuel Gregg
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A Review of Weber’s Bureaucratic Method and Why Today’s Bureaucrats Should Take Note
“While organizations today would likely be stunted by Weber’s assertions for rules and rigidity, political pundits may be kept better in line and on task if they were to be managed properly in structural reform and with a hefty amount of accountability.” ~ Kimberlee Josephson
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Reality Decides, in Economics and Evolutionary Biology Alike
“An evolutionary lens isn’t just a corrective for how to live in the 21st century and how to understand our modern predicaments. It also teaches you how markets work, what constraints reality puts on us, and how to consider outcomes you don’t like.” ~ Joakim Book
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Thomas Piketty Strikes Again
“The obvious problem is that Piketty has his own sacrosanct vision, one where a powerful central government orders people about so that they don’t interfere with the grand scheme of equality.” ~ George Leef
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Book Review: Charles Moss and Jonathan Kay’s ‘Magic In the Dark’
“Movie theatres will survive and thrive because we movie lovers want them, and because theater chains are well aware that survival will be rooted in relentless improvement meant to please the customer.” ~ John Tamny