Sparks Commentary
Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.
Monday, August 24, 2020
A review of “The Dark Ages: An Age of Light” (BBC)
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The Early Middle Ages are today remembered as the “Dark Ages.” The art historian Kenneth Clark made this argument in his landmark docum...
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Friday, August 14, 2020
What college majors are best for entering the finance field?
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“The most powerful force in the universe is compound interest .” – The greatest Albert Einstein quote that Albert Einstein (most like...
Monday, August 3, 2020
What should I study to go into marketing research?
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I should preface this by saying that I have a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, with a Concentration in Marketing. I don’t ha...
Sunday, July 26, 2020
A review of Ken Burns’ “Horatio’s Drive: America's First Road Trip”
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“♪ He'd have to get under—get out and get under—to fix his little machine He was just dying to cuddle his queen But ev'ry minute...
Friday, July 10, 2020
A review of Ken Burns’ “Empire of the Air: The Men Who Made Radio” (PBS)
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Sometimes these three men were friends … At other times, they were cutthroat business rivals The filmmaker Ken Burns became famous whe...
What is “Blackstonian property”?
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“There is nothing which so generally strikes the imagination, and engages the affections of mankind, as the right of property ; or that so...
Thursday, July 9, 2020
The Fourteenth Amendment is something of a mixed bag …
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It might seem strange to say it today, but the “Bill of Rights” amendments were once understood to apply only to the federal government, ...
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