by Alan Greenspan & Adrian Wooldridge | Book Review, History, Non-Fiction
In this era of populist opinion and protectionist rhetoric, everyone should understand what about America we must protect. Greenspan and Wooldridge exquisitely detail the unique and special creation of our great country, and just as importantly, how America developed...
by Andrew Chaikin | Book Review, History, Non-Fiction, Politics, Travel
Approaching the 50th anniversary of Neil Armstrong‘s first steps on the lunar surface, it seemed appropriate to listen to a book all about mankind’s only efforts to go to the moon. As described in the forward by Tom Hanks, Chaikin’s scope in writing this book is...
by Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard | Book Review, Bronze Medal, History
Bill O’Reilly usually irritated me when he was on the air, so I did not jump to read any of his “Killing” series of books. However, I was interested in learning a bit more about the Pacific theatre of World War 2 following my reading of “The Generals” by Winston...
by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Economic Commentary, History, Inflation, Market Update, Oil, Volatility
What do the Watts Riots, Beatlemania, Kennedy’s Assassination, ZIP Codes, the Vietnam War, Cassius Clay’s first World Heavyweight Championship, South African Apartheid and Nelson Mandela’s lifetime prison sentence, Buffalo Wings, Martin Luther King’s “dream” speech...
by Thomas Asbridge | Book Review, History, Silver Medal
Most Americans, I would wager, know of Richard the Lionheart through the various Robin Hood movies, as the king who was busy battling in the crusades while his brother ran roughshod over the English people he left behind. King Richard was indeed an important character...
by Ralph Bender, MBA, CFP® | Economic Commentary, History, Politics, Running Money ®
Love him or hate him, Donald Trump occupies 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue for the next four years. He has been compared to the man honored on our $20 bill, Andrew Jackson, because both rode waves of populist support into the oval office. Like Jackson, it appears that he is...
