12 Years A Slave.

No movie has impacted me more than this film.  The only movie that compares to 12 Years is 1989’s Glory.  Not only does 12 Years accurately portray the horrendous nature of slavery, it also shows the indomitable spirit of Solomon Northrup, whose true story this movie is based on.  The acting was superb.  It’s hard […]

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Dr. Warren Farrell book The Myth of Male Power answers the question to my post title.  And that answer is no.  Farrell’s’ book dispels the myth that men are the dominant gender.  From previous posts here and here, I discuss how the feminist movement, in its quest for women to be taken seriously in the […]

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It was only 5 years ago that I became acquainted with the writer Horatio Alger, Jr.  As a child I was never introduced to any of Alger’s books.  But now I just completed an exceptional book of Alger’s called Ragged Dick.  Dick is the story of a young boy living on the streets.  Young Dick […]

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The aftermath of the terrorist attacks at the Boston Marathon symbolizes the massive evasion perpetuated by the Obama Administration.  This was an intelligence failure from top to bottom-again.  As with all Islamic terrorism, the bombings at the marathon were an attack on hard work, dedication, success, and achievement.  In short, anything related to Western civilization.  […]

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Using the thousands of letters and journals, historian David McCullough has written a remarkable biography of John Adams, the intellectual backbone of the new United States of America.  Sandwiched between the presidencies of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson, it easy to see how Adams came to be forgotten.  Adams’s humble beginnings should not cloud your […]

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I’ve been an admirer of the Renaissance period of art for as long as I can remember.  The two artistic masters that symbolize this period of “re-birth” are Leonardo Di Vinci and Michelangelo.  For Da Vinci, I’ve studied his works by going to the museums such as The Louvre to look at his most famous […]

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I had an eight year career in the legal field as a transactional law paralegal.  My career began in 2002, I wanted to go to law school.  As with any issue I always do my research.  After much thought I realized that: 1) I did not want to spend 3 years in a classroom, and […]

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I wanted to post about Dr. Leonard Peikoff’s latest book after my post on the 2008 financial crisis.  I thought it a perfect segue to the consequences of a lack of integration in dealing with the economy.  Politics and economics are a consequence of the ideas within a given culture.  Peikoff’s theory of DIM uses […]

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Whatever you heard about the financial crisis is false!  We’ve all heard the same tired reasons about why the real estate market and financial industry collapsed.  The most common meme is that the banking industry was deregulated so therefore  deregulation caused the crisis.  Former Chairman and CEO of BB&T John Allison has written a book […]

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Happy Birthday to BookishBabe.com.  It has been four years since I started this blog.  This has been a labor of love, and I am so happy with how successful it has become.  The fact that I receive over nine thousand visitors a month, from all over the world, shows the wide reach my blog has.  Even […]

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