This post is a list of books that I read in the second quarter of 2024, including Aeschylus, Herodotus, the Odyssey, and American Scripture ...
A review of Pauline Maier's book, "American Scripture", which details the conditions leading up to the drafting of the Declaration of Independence ...
Jefferson's advice to his nephew, Inside a Baby Berkshire, Windows Copilot, Hot utility stocks, Appnesia, Stress and heart disease, Steve Jobs, Flying Cars, Dunkirk, Napoleon ...
Two letters from Thomas Jefferson to his nephew, Peter Carr, illustrate Jefferson's views on education, ethics, religion, and many other subjects ...
Dynamic pricing, Greenback emissions, Berkshire Hathaway Energy, Working too hard, Ozempic's effect on the brain, Race and cardiovascular disease, Inflation's effect on insurance pricing ...
The life of Jesus Christ is central to the works of many authors, but can we rely on the accuracy of the accounts of his life? ...
We carry supercomputers in our pockets providing access to all of the wisdom of human history, so why has public discourse deteriorated in the twenty-first century? ...
Thought Experiments, TIPS, Adler on Reading, Time is Running Short, Ellington's Gift to the Queen, Thomas Jefferson's Travel Guide ...
Title Insurance, Damodaran on Risk, Leverage at Pension Funds, Money and Status, Nostalgia ...
Inflation Hedges, Startups, Madoff's Playbook, Beginner's Mind, ESG Pushback, Central Banking in the 1790s ...
Jay Cost's biography of James Madison gives proper credit to one of America's most important founding fathers who played a crucial role in the creation of the Constitution ...
The first transition of executive power between rival political parties took place after the election of 1800 and it did not go smoothly ...
The Podcast Road Trip ...
Summer is a great time to get away from the business world. Although taking a vacation during a pandemic can involve overcoming a number of issues, it is always possible to take a virtual vacation through the pages of a ...
“Public affairs go on pretty much as usual, perpetual chicanery and rather more personal abuse than there used to be.” — John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, April 17, 1826 ((John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on July 4, 1826, ...