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Sowell’s Basic Economics – Part 1

We recently re-joined Audible.com, and the first “new” book I purchased was Basic Economics, by Thomas Sowell.  I had read many of Sowell’s articles posted on Capitalism Magazine (www.capmag.com) and found them to be very clearly written and always in agreement with free market principles.  Sowell

Recent Readings

This is more of a “status” post than a topical one.  My time for “thinking” has become spread out over a broad space of activities, with a particular focus on my astronomy hobby and the course I’m running for children, as well as a significant

William Gilbert: On the Lodestone

I recently read William Gilbert’s renaissance masterpiece “On the Lodestone”, and found his work to be extremely intriguing.  Gilbert lived at the dawn of the scientific era, from 1544-1603, predating Francis Bacon – originator of the modern scientific method – by about 20 years.  He