Posted in Book Reviews on Jan 29th, 2012
The bottom line for 2012 is that for advanced economies who are unwilling to devalue their currency, allow high interest rates, encourage high inflation rates, or default on their debt, the only solution is for these countries to pay down their debt. Without a financial calamity to motivate legislators to break the gridlock, this scenario [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Politics on Jan 25th, 2012
Last year my wife had a spat with our son and decided that I should be ferrying my son back to college from now on. Although it involves a lot of driving I prefer to complete the round trip in one day. With all of that time in the car I have taken advantage of [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Economy on Dec 19th, 2011
I have been reading This Time is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly for the last month. It has been slow going since it reads like a text book and I have read my fair share of text books in my life. I would have given up except that the authors have some collected some [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Feb 10th, 2010
For kicks I downloaded Pride and Prejudice (version 3) by Jane Austen from www.audioowl.com. It’s free! I listened to it on the way home from work and loved it. Karen, you did a great job reading it!
Posted in Book Reviews, Cowboy Christianity on Jan 27th, 2010
About two years ago I decided to read the entire Bible. There are many ways to accomplish this task and I chose a Daily Reading plan served up to my RSS reader courtesy of The ESV Bible. When I started my second round of reading the Bible I increasingly used the audio version. This was [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Apr 28th, 2007
Ben Witherington is undertaking a novel on his blog, called The Lazarus Effect. Here is the links to the individual posts. Part one Part two Part three Part four Part five Part six Part seven Part eight Part nine Part ten
Posted in Book Reviews on May 8th, 2006
Another book my wife bought me for Christmas is The Pentagon’s New Map by Thomas Barnett. This is an excellent book at explaining the new political landscape that results from globalization. Although I do not necessarily agree with him on everything, I found that his ideas are comprehensive, pragmatic, and already being implemented. After reading [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on May 8th, 2006
My wife bought me this book for Christmas. We have a curiosity about Muslims and their motives. I finished reading the book about a month ago and highly recommend it for those who desire more background on the history and current trends in Islam. Generally speaking it is an easy read. I think Milton did [...]
Posted in Book Reviews on Aug 28th, 2004
I recently finished reading God Will Make A Way by Dr. Henry Cloud and Dr. John Townsend. Like many other Christian books on the market today it is part psychology and part spirituality. The value of a book like this is that they occasionally describe situations you are experiencing and they have some helpful advice. [...]
Posted in Book Reviews, Cowboy Christianity on Jun 2nd, 2004
A few weeks ago some friends of mine at our church found out that I lived on a farm and asked if they could bring out some 8th grade boys for a retreat. I said yes though I knew nothing. Eventually I found out that between a little tackle football, capture the flag, and archery [...]
On this day, the Virginia Tech community reflects on the vibrant lives of the 32 students and faculty who were tragically taken from us a year ago. Through light, art, and music we pay tribute to each and every person we lost. We gather to honor our friends, colleagues, and family members. We will never forget.