Sparks Commentary

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

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

A review of “Gold, Hard Money, and Financial Gurus” (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 ...
Wednesday, January 11, 2023

A review of “William James, Charles Peirce, and American Pragmatism” (audiobook)

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William James and Charles Sanders Peirce are two of the most influential philosophers to come out of the United States . They made contribut...
Tuesday, January 3, 2023

John Adams praised James Harrington’s “The Commonwealth of Oceana”

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“These are what are called revolution-principles. They are the principles of  Aristotle  and Plato , of Livy and Cicero , of Sydney , Harri...
Sunday, December 25, 2022

A review of “Isaac Newton’s New Physics” (audiobook)

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“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” – Isaac Newton, in a letter to Robert Hooke on 5 February 1675 Sir Is...

Reflections on learning about early Christianity and Rabbinic Judaism

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“Typically, Jewish history and Christian history are taught by different teachers; they are even considered different disciplines. As Oxford...
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Saturday, December 10, 2022

A review of William Lloyd Garrison’s “The Liberator” (audiobook)

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“On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate...
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...
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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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