Sparks Commentary
Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.
Friday, November 26, 2021
A review of PBS’s “Native America”
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“An act to provide for an exchange of lands with the Indians residing in any of the states or territories, and for their removal west of the...
Wednesday, November 17, 2021
A review of “Modern Marvels: The Suez Canal” (History Channel)
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Long before the Panama Canal was built, the Suez Canal was opened in 1869. This is the same year that America ’s Transcontinental Railroa...
Sunday, November 7, 2021
A review of “Frank Knight and the Chicago School” (audiobook)
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So I recently finished listening to an audiobook about the American economist Frank Knight , who lived from 1885 to 1972. It was just call...
Monday, November 1, 2021
A review of Étienne de la Boétie’s “Discourse on Voluntary Servitude” (audiobook)
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Étienne de la Boétie When “Discourse on Voluntary Servitude” was first published in 1577, its author had been dead for more than a decade. ...
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
A review of “The Federalist Papers” (audiobook)
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“I propose, in a series of papers, to discuss the following interesting particulars : The utility of the Union to your political prosperity;...
Monday, October 11, 2021
A review of “The Boer War”
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Warning: This blog post contains some disturbing pictures. One of these, in particular, is very graphic, and may merit special caution. The ...
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...
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