Liberal Facism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change Re-issued in paperback, with a new afterword. by Jonah Goldberg Recommendation: buy a copy today, buy […]
Alone and Frames by Loren D. Estleman
Alone Frames The first two in the Valentino Hollywood Mystery Series by Loren D. Estleman Recommendation: read. Estleman is best known for his hard-boiled Amos Walker detective series, all set in Detroit—of […]
Keynes: The Return of the Master by Robert Skidelsky
Keynes: The Return of the Master by Robert Skidelsky Recommendation: read (buy here). (It’s Keynes Week here at wmbriggs.com!) The book’s tag-line is, “Why, sixty years after his death, John Maynard Keynes […]
Have You Seen My Country Lately? — by Jerry Doyle
Have You Seen My Country Lately? America’s Wake-Up Call by Jerry Doyle Recommendation: Read There’s no point in accusing me, because I admit it. I picked up the book because I saw […]
Mathematicians as Comic book Superheroes
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou, with art by Alecos Papadatos and Annies Di Donna Bookhunter by Jason Shiga Can people learn math better […]
Podcast Radio Show #5: Independence Day!
[podcast]https://www.wmbriggs.com/audio/wmbriggs_com_21nov2008_0005.mp3[/podcast] On Today’s Show: Only 5 minutes! A brief show today, containing one Earth-shattering announcement… Big changes …As of December 1st, you, my faithful audience members, will be my official bosses! I […]
The Conservatives by Patrick Allitt
The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities Throughout American History by Patrick Allitt Recommendation: check out from library for reference (buy here). What is a conservative? Allitt is not sure. This is odd because […]
Real Education by Charles Murray
Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America’s Schools Back to Reality by Charles Murray Recommendation: read (buy here). The word median is statistical: it is the point at which 50% of […]
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