Sparks Commentary

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

Monday, November 28, 2022

My deep and abiding love of the Bible

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“All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine , for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousnes...
Saturday, November 19, 2022

The Gettysburg Address explained

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If you feel like you don’t understand the Gettysburg Address, this post is for you. What the heck does “Fourscore and seven years ago” mean?...
Sunday, November 6, 2022

A review of “Technical Traders and Commodity Speculators” (audiobook)

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So I was recently listening to some additional presentations from an audio series about investment . This particular installment was called ...
Monday, October 24, 2022

A review of “Crashes, Booms, Panics, and Government Regulation” (audiobook)

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So I was recently listening to some presentations from an audio series about investment . This installment was called “Crashes, Booms, Panic...
Friday, October 14, 2022

A review of the BBC’s “The Normans” and “The Normans: The Complete Epic Saga”

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There’s a reason that 1066 is the best remembered year in  British history . In that year, the Normans invaded England . They are the last p...
Wednesday, October 12, 2022

A review of “Exploring and Mapmaking” (audiobook)

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The “Age of Exploration” is today known for shameless imperialism, but it also saw many advances in our scientific understanding of the ear...
Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Reflections on learning about history of Ancient Israel

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“This book is intended for people of all faiths – and for skeptics, too. It reflects no particular religious commitments – nor is it anti-re...
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Jeffrey Sparks
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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