Sparks Commentary

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

Tuesday, March 31, 2015

A review of “Reconstruction: The Second Civil War”

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"The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounti...
Wednesday, March 25, 2015

Actually, communism HAS been tried (and it doesn't work)

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Tiananmen Square , China 1989 "China isn't all that bad," some say ... The critics of communism have long pointed o...
Saturday, March 21, 2015

A review of “Founding Brothers” (History Channel)

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"[The Congress shall have the power] To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten...
Monday, March 16, 2015

James Madison: The most underrated Founder

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"[The Americans] accomplished a revolution which has no parallel in the annals of human society. They reared the fabrics of governmen...
Sunday, March 15, 2015

A review of “Andrew Jackson: Good, Evil, and the Presidency”

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"Andrew Jackson was a patriot, and a traitor. He was the greatest of generals, and wholly ignorant of the art of war. He was the most...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Some thoughts about Biblical education

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"And Elijah said unto the prophets of Baal, Choose you one bullock for yourselves, and dress it first; for ye are many; and call on t...
Monday, March 9, 2015

Why is my stats class so focused on bell curves?

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I would wager that many a student has taken a statistics class, and been introduced to bell curves without having the slightest idea why t...
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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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