Some of my previous book reviews have included Peter Schweizer’s “Red-Handed: How American Elites Get Rich Helping China Win,” Alex Joske’s “Spies and Lies: How China’s Greatest Covert Operations Fooled the World,” Peter Hegseth’s “Battle for the American Mind: Uprooting a Century of Miseducation,” and Dr. Ben Carson’s “Created Equal: The Painful Past, Confusing Present,…
Book Review: ‘Defeating Big Government Socialism: Saving America’s Future’
Caravaggio and the Conversion of Saul
January 25, 2023
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Every civilization loves the New Year, a celebration of renewal. In the West, people make resolutions for self-improvement, embark on a “dry January,” or try new diets and exercise programs to reinvent themselves. These are signs of hope, a belief that the next year may be even better, or more importantly, that despite the omnipresent…
Yakutia: A Serbian Mystery | Arkeo Ep17 | Documentary
January 25, 2023
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Yakutia extends beneath the polar circle to the east of Siberia. This land is home to a unique people whose origins were completely unknown until the recent discoveries of a team of archeologists and geneticists. …
Montaigne and La Boétie: A Perfect Friendship
Personal tragedy can often be a catalyst for change and growth. While we don’t envy people who experience it, we admire those who bear it well and are able to transmute their pain into something good or beautiful. For example, “The Divine Comedy” exists because Dante suffered the double misfortune of losing his beloved Beatrice…
The Incidental Agent: How Former Gossip Columnist Doug Dechert Became a Can’t-Miss Literary Agent
Doug Dechert is a force of nature. His personality is as loud and bombastic as his blazers. After spending a decade writing for the famed Page Six gossip column of the New York Post, along with other publications such as the Daily Mail, the Star, and the National Enquirer, his personality and devil-may-care attitude are…
Popcorn and Inspiration: ‘Tender Mercies’: A Subtly Powerful Film About Faith, Humanity, and Redemption
1983 | PG | 1h 32m | Drama, Music The world of moving pictures is a vast one, but not always that deep. When you’ve watched thousands of films, even some of the very good to great ones can get lost in the eddies of time and fading memories. However, there are some gems out…
Character Over Appearance: Rex Ellington Beach’s Short Story, ‘The Shyness of Shorty’
In his short story, “The Shyness of Shorty,” Rex Ellingwood Beach proves that we must not be fooled by appearances. Beach tells of a dwarf, Shorty, who is continually mocked and judged by his peers for his appearance. Shorty lives in the Old West. He is small in height with a large head and midsection,…
Film Review: ‘Bezos: the Beginning’: Rise of a Likeable Capitalist
R | 1h 51min | Drama, biography | January 24, 2023 All bookstores have a unique advantage in the retail world. Thanks to a policy adopted during the Great Depression, all book retailers can return any unsold books to publishers for full credit (in rare cases, some minor penalties might apply). Admittedly, Amazon.com developed into a challenge few booksellers, including executives of…
Nazca: The Secret of the Lines | Arkeo Ep16 | Documentary
January 24, 2023
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The craziest theories have attempted to explain the famous Nasca lines: astronomical calendar, divine frescoes, extra-terrestrial signals. Archaeologist Markus Reindel has been trying to bring science back to the forefront of this search for meaning. …
Phonm Penh: The Origins of Angkor | Arkeo Ep15 | Documentary
January 23, 2023
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In the mountains of Cambodia, 50 kilometers from Angkor and its famous temples, archaeologist Jean-Baptiste Chevance tirelessly excavates the remains of Mahendraparvata, another vast ancient Khmer city. …
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