I am reading a very good history of one of the most important judges in our nation’s history. The book is called The Great Dissenter: The Story of John Marshall Harlan, America’s Judicial Hero, written by Peter S. Canellos. Here is the description from the […]
I am currently reading a well-written inside narrative account of how Alan Mulally turned around Ford when they were on the brink in the mid-2000s. I would highly recommend it for anyone interested in business, history and the cultural icon of the blue oval. American […]
I have had Robert Caro’s masterpiece on my shelf for quite some time, but I am slightly embarrassed to admit that I haven’t yet read it. Master of the Senate is the third book in the author’s multivolume biography of Lyndon Johnson. And at more than […]
Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life by Zena Hitz From the publisher: “In an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contemplation, or connection to […]
The Future of Money by Eswar Prasad From the publisher: “We think we’ve seen financial innovation. We bank from laptops and buy coffee with the wave of a phone. But these are minor miracles compared with the dizzying experiments now underway around the globe, as […]
Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel by Stephen Budiansky From the publisher: “Nearly a hundred years after its publication, Kurt Gödel’s famous proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true—yet never provable—continues to unsettle mathematics, philosophy, and […]
Rationality: What it is, Why it Seems Scarce, Why it Matters by Steven Pinker From the publisher: “Can reading a book make you more rational? Can it help us understand why there is so much irrationality in the world? Steven Pinker, author of Enlightenment Now […]
Justice Brennan: Liberal Champion by Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel From the publisher: “In this sweeping and revealing insider study, Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel shine a bright light on the life, career, and thought of William Brennan (1906-1997), widely considered the Supreme Court’s most […]
Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell us About Our Past and Future by James Shapiro From the publisher: “From leading scholar James Shapiro, a timely exploration of what Shakespeare’s plays reveal about our divided land, from Revolutionary times to the present day […]
The Economics of Belonging by Martin Sandbu From the publisher: “Fueled by populism and the frustrations of the disenfranchised, the past few years have witnessed the widespread rejection of the economic and political order that Western countries built up after 1945. Political debates have turned […]