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More than any preacher in American history, Billy Graham has acted as the religious of the Protestant faith in this country. He’s held court worldwide with politicians, presidents, celebrities, and many others. He’s been the spiritual counselor of most of our modern Presidents. His long career also meant he was forced to deal with a changing landscape of civil rights, …
For more book reviews check out or Books Page. I recently finished up Unthinking – The Surprising Forces Behind What We Buy by Harry Beckwith. Beckwith attempts to use his 50 years as a marketer to explain the hidden biases and mental quirks that cause consumers to do what they do. I’m not going to lie. I didn’t love …
I recently finished up a classic, Your Money or Your Life by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin. This is the progenitor of the entire Financial Independence movement (at least the modern version) and I’d never picked it up. I’m glad I did. While a lot of the information isn’t revolutionary 25 years later, I’m sure it was a game changer at the …
I just finished reading The Fourth Turning by William Strauss and Neil Howe. I’ve got to be honest I didn’t love the book. It was waaaay to long to make the points it was trying to make and it goes so in to the weeds that I couldn’t make it through some huge chunks of it. However, there were quite a …
I recently finished The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin. I owe our roommate Jane a debt of gratitude for introducing me to Cixin. She’s Chinese and gifted me the English version, saying it was her favorite Chinese fiction. This is the first Chinese science-fiction to become a major hit to the point that it has been translated and distributed in …
I just finished This is Where I Leave You by Jonathon Tropper. It was a fantastic combination of hilarious and heartbreaking with a lot of insight in to minds of men and brothers. While I don’t have a host of siblings, I found myself reminded of the dysfunction in my own family. The movie was a lot of fun too. …
Tim Ferris recently recommended The Art of Learning by Josh Waitzkin. After their podcast I decided to read the book and really enjoyed it. If you don’t know Josh Waitzkin, he was the child chess prodigy and inspiration for the movie, Searching for Bobby Fisher. He won the U.S. Junior Chess championship in 1993 and 1994. He is the only person …
I don’t plan to spend a lot of time reviewing fiction, particularly the sci-fi or fantasy genre. However, every once in a while I enjoy doing some fun, easy reading in some of my favorite types of books from my childhood and teenage years. I always loved Robert Jordan‘s, Wheel of Time Series, and unfortunately he passed to soon to …
I recently finished Patrick O’Shaughnessy‘s book, Millennial Money. who also has a great blog over at Millennial Invest. I really enjoyed the book. It’s good to hear an investment philosophy specifically geared toward the under 30 crowd. There wasn’t a lot of groundbreaking information, but it was a very solid primer on all the advantages that youth conveys to the …