This post is a list of books that I read in the second quarter of 2025, including The Snowball, The Haywire Heart, Plato's Republic, and the King James Bible ...

This post is a list of books that I read in the first quarter of 2025, including The Lessons of History, American Journey, the works of Aristophanes, Plato, Xenophon, and more ...

A new book by Alex Morris distills key insights and wisdom from three decades of Berkshire Hathaway annual meetings ...

This post is a list of books that I read in the fourth quarter of 2024, including Euripides, The Stoic Emperor, The Intelligent Investor, The Trail, and more ...

This post is a list of books that I read in the third quarter of 2024, including Thucydides, Sophocles, Persian Fire, Hillbilly Elegy, and more ...

The tragic life of Oedipus is the subject of The Theban Plays by Sophocles. The horrors of its plot has captivated audiences for nearly 2,500 years ...

Thucydides is best known for his extensive history of the Peloponnesian War which took place between 431 - 404 BC ...

Herodotus is often described as the father of history for his narrative of the Greco-Persian Wars of the fifth century BC ...

This post is a list of books that I read in the second quarter of 2024, including Aeschylus, Herodotus, the Odyssey, and American Scripture ...

This article presents a discussion of "Prometheus Bound", a play by the Greek Tragedian Aeschylus dating back to the fifth century BC ...

A review of Pauline Maier's book, "American Scripture", which details the conditions leading up to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence ...

The Oresteia is a trilogy produced by Aeschylus in 458 BC. Trapped in a cycle of lawless savagery, mankind finds its way toward due process and justice ...

One of the oldest surviving books provides advice that is just as relevant to our lives today as it was 2,700 years ago ...

Homer's epic poem tells the story of how Odysseus struggled to return home after the Trojan War. It is one of the greatest stories in history ...

Homer's epic poem has much to teach us about human nature if we first take the time to gain an understanding of Greek mythology ...

This post is a list of books that I read in the first quarter of 2024, including The Diary of Anne Frank, Endurance, Crime and Punishment, and the Iliad ...

Thoughts on the new edition with a focus on inconsistency avoidance, one of the psychological tendencies that can cause human misjudgment ...

Paul Johnson's biography of Socrates is a sweeping overview of the life of an extraordinary man and the Athenian society that he couldn't live without ...

Edith Hamilton's classic book, Mythology, is an excellent introduction to the fascinating and often bewildering world of the Greek Gods ...

The amazing story of Theodore Roosevelt's death defying trek through the unmapped rivers and jungles of the Amazon River basin ...