Sparks Commentary

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

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

A review of “The Austrian Case for the Free Market Process” (audiobook)

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So I recently finished listening to an economics audiobook about Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich von Hayek . It was called “The Austrian Cas...
Friday, September 17, 2021

A review of “The Constitutional Convention” (audiobook)

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“Resolved. that the right of suffrage in the first branch of the national Legislature ought not to be according to the rule established in t...

A review of “The United States Constitution” (audiobook)

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“[The Congress shall have the power] To make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers,...
Thursday, September 16, 2021

A review of PBS’s “The Latino Americans”

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“[The Congress shall have the power] To establish an uniform rule of naturalization … ” – Article 1, Section 8, Paragraph 4 of the United S...

A review of PBS’s “Black in Latin America”

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The trans-Atlantic slave trade had massive effects on  Latin America , and not just the future United States . Because of this, there are s...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

A review of David Grubin’s “The Jewish Americans” (PBS)

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion , or prohibiting the free exercise thereof … ” – First Amendment to the ...
Monday, August 16, 2021

A review of PBS’s “Lawrence of Arabia: The Battle for the Arab World”

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The Arab Revolt against the rule of the Ottoman Turks … When people hear the phrase  “World War One,”  they usually think of Europe . But it...
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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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