Sparks Commentary

Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.

Sunday, November 30, 2014

Winston Churchill: A comparison of two movies

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On both sides of the Atlantic (particularly in the English-speaking world), there is still a great deal of interest in  Winston Churchill ...
Monday, November 17, 2014

A review of Kenneth Clark's “Civilisation”

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"Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts: the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of th...
Thursday, October 30, 2014

John Adams movies

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What's the best movie about John Adams ? Young John Adams My answer would be that it depends on what you're looking for. A...

Why John Adams is fascinating

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"Posterity! You will never know, how much it cost the present generation, to preserve your freedom! I hope you will make a good use o...
Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Eisenhower movies: A comparison of some films

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There's something about war heroes and statesmen that holds the fascination of many; and so there have been a number of  movies  about...

The Cuban Missile Crisis: A comparison of two movies

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"It shall be the policy of this nation to regard any nuclear missile launched from Cuba against any nation in the Western Hemisphere ...
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Monday, September 29, 2014

Some thoughts about economics education

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"This division of labour, from which so many advantages are derived, is not originally the effect of any human wisdom, which foresees...
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By training, I am a business major with a concentration in marketing, and a certificate in economics. I originally wanted to do market research for businesses because I enjoyed the social science aspects of marketing, and I have studied psychology a little on my own; but I now wonder if this will ever be my field. I have also taken a fair amount of communications classes, because I thought about grad school in advertising or public relations (or even business & economic journalism), but I'm not sure I will ever do these things. (I'm glad I studied them just the same, though.) By inclination, I learn about a lot of other things in my spare time. For example, I am a history buff, an aspiring polyglot, an amateur linguist, a political philosopher (after a fashion), and a student of the Bible. Most of the things I study on my own these days have something to do with one of these subjects (or sometimes even more than one), and I write about many of them on my blog. So my actual profession is … you guessed it … a math tutor! Not what you'd expect, right? (Not what I would have expected, either … )
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