Sparks Commentary
Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.
Thursday, March 3, 2022
A review of “Bargain Hunters, Contrarians, Cycles, and Waves” (audiobook)
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So I was recently listening to an audio series about investment . This particular installment was called “Bargain Hunters, Contrarians, Cycl...
Sunday, February 27, 2022
A review of “Investment Philosophers and Financial Economists” (audiobook)
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This audiobook was my introduction to “Secrets of the Great Investors,” an audio series about investment. This particular installment was c...
Tuesday, February 22, 2022
A review of “Arthur Schopenhauer” (audiobook)
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“To desire immortality is to desire the eternal perpetuation of a great mistake.” – Arthur Schopenhauer Arthur Schopenhauer is known as a pe...
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
A review of “Astronomy: The Heavenly Challenge” (audiobook)
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The battle over the Sun-centered universe was as much political as it was scientific. During the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries , a th...
Wednesday, February 2, 2022
A review of “The Mexican-American War” (audiobook)
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Living in Arizona, one doesn’t have to ask why the “Mexican-American War” is important. I live in a part of Arizona that was once part of...
Saturday, January 22, 2022
A review of “Dimensions of Scientific Thought” (audiobook)
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What is science, and how does it work? Are scientific theories certain, or can they change with the evidence? These are the kinds of questio...
Saturday, January 8, 2022
A review of “The War of 1812” (audiobook)
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How did the War of 1812 begin? Why did we fight it? Was it worth fighting? These are questions that people have asked ever since the war hap...
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