Things I’ve Read (2026-Q1)

Articles I read a few articles this month that I have been thinking about a great deal. I thought it was worth adding to the list. Part 1: My Life Is a Lie: How a Broken Benchmark Quietly Broke AmericaMichael W. Green Part 2: The Door Has Opened: A discussion on the real word has …

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Books I’ve Read (2025-4Q)

December A Mind to MurderPD James Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New RightLaura K. Field Patchwork: A Graphic Biography of Jane AustenKate Evans November Zero Fail: the Rise and Fall of the Secret ServiceCarol Leonnig Who Is Government?: The Untold Story of Public ServiceMichael Lewis October The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest …

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Books I’ve Read (2025-Q3)

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost IdealismSarah Wynn-Williams Age of Revolutions: Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the PresentFareed Zakaria America’s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal ReserveRoger Lowenstein

Annika in Spain – round 2

Annika is in Spain! Again. Maria – “hostmom” – invited her to come back to Madrid after graduation. And Annika invited her friend, Sarah, to join her. Yesterday and today, they have been on the Balearic Island of Mallorca. This is where I found them: Carrer de Joan Riutort, 49, 07190 Esporles, Illes Balears, Spain. …

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Books I’ve Read (2025-Q2)

To Make Men Free: A History of the Republican PartyHeather Cox Richardson Cover Her FaceP. D. James Miss Austen: A Novel of the Austen SistersGill Hornby The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential MercyJeffrey Toobin

Books I’ve Read (2025-Q1)

America’s Bank: The Epic Struggle to Create the Federal ReserveRoger Lowenstein

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