Sparks Commentary
Part history, part politics, and part random other stuff.
Wednesday, December 27, 2023
A review of “Medical Science” (audiobook)
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There have been some massive advances in medical science since the Renaissance . Medical science goes back at least as far as the Ancient G...
Monday, December 25, 2023
Scriptures of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
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“ We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly ; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God...
Wednesday, December 13, 2023
A review of “Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II” (BBC)
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Warning: This blog post contains several disturbing pictures. One of them shows the body of a child. The Japanese were racist against other ...
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
A review of “Swiss Gnomes and Global Investing” (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, November 27, 2023
A review of the BBC’s “The Crusades”
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The Crusades are one of the most infamous episodes in all of medieval history . More than 700 years later, they are still extremely contro...
Sunday, November 19, 2023
A review of the BBC’s “The Stuarts & The Stuarts in Exile”
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“… all and every person and persons, who shall or may take or inherit the said Crown, by virtue of the limitation of this present act, and i...
Wednesday, November 8, 2023
A review of “Duns Scotus and Medieval Christianity” (audiobook)
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The Scottish philosopher Duns Scotus got a bad rap after his death. The English word “dunce” comes from the name of “Duns Scotus.” ...
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