Alice in Dallas

Worth reading and rereading

Revisado: 05-19-24

Duckworth’s exploration of passion and perseverance (including the crippling shame and disappointment that can accompany not having it) is well-researched, well-delivered, and in a word, inspiring. I’ve gone through it now at least 5 times in the several years since I first got it, and I know I will go through it again.

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Confidently Proclaiming Values

Revisado: 01-02-24

Elder proclaims things you’d never get to hear on Social Media. Step outside that bubble, and consider that you may be mistaken.

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Fascinating

Revisado: 05-27-23

The work here is highly technical, yet Reich does a good job of simplifying without oversimplifying.

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Timely and Timeless

Revisado: 11-24-22

In 2020, with the death of George Floyd and the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement, I resolved to myself that I (a white male) would learn more about the black experience in the United States.

Though I wouldn’t know it for several years, this book belongs on that list.
Candace Owens speaks bravely and articulately, and she is worth listening to.

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As Dry and Careful as CCP Meeting Notes

Revisado: 11-08-22

Vogel provides a soul-crushingly thorough examination of a lifelong Chinese Communist Party member.

Amidst breathless admiration for the Party (whether lifted from Party documents or editorialized), Vogel disabuses the listener of the notion that Deng is the Chinese Ronald Reagan.

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Insightful and Pioneering

Revisado: 08-27-22

I have not found many books on the topic of how the Federal and State governments actually relate to each other in practice.

If you find this topic interesting, you will find that this book has insights to share with you.

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Some Wonderful Speeches

Revisado: 06-25-22

This collection is worth your time. It contains some beautiful and moving speeches by MLK.

That said, it is not an authoritative collection. There is a great deal of overlap in the chosen recordings, and many of MLK’s speeches either were not recorded or are for whatever reason not included in this collection.

Consider this collection a great way to learn more about MLK, but keep learning elsewhere.

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Excellent work; less-than-excellent audio

Revisado: 03-05-22

This is another worthwhile work by Thomas Sowell, and it is well-narrated in this audiobook.

However, the quality of the recording itself is not very high; throughout it sounds muffled, and occasionally plosives (p sound, t sound, etc.) result in a brief gap in the audio itself.
Due to this, you may find yourself struggling to actually hear this work.

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A good accompaniment to the Televised series

Revisado: 02-20-21

This book covers a lot of the same ground as does the TV series, but it does go into greater theoretical and empirical depth

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Learned a Great Deal

Revisado: 12-07-20

This work is the only one I have encountered in which the role of the Federal Government’s well-intentioned but short-sighted policies are examined thoroughly, lucidly, and convincingly.

If you are interested in a full and frank discussion of the Housing Crisis and its ensuing economic recession, then I encourage you to listen to this audiobook.

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