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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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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