Douglas Brinkley's book, The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, is outstanding. …
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By James Strock
Douglas Brinkley's book, The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, is outstanding. …
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By James Strock
Autobiography can be a treacherous enterprise. Drama by John Lithgow, is exemplary of the best of the genre. …
By James Strock
The timeless topic of humility appears more timely than ever today. Self-regard, self-assertion, self-consciousness.....self-, self-, self-... these are the found on the surface everywhere. …
By James Strock
Edmund Morris was best known as the author of an acclaimed triptych on Theodore Roosevelt. He’s one of the best of the notable group of popular historians who rose to fame in the 1970s and 1980s, …
By James Strock
Martin Seligman is recognized as the prime mover of the "positive psychology" movement. His latest book, Flourish, strives to evolve from "authentic happiness" to "well-being" theory. Among the …
By James Strock
Landslide is a delightful read. It's filled with insights and observations that will interest the most knowledgeable political junkie. Journalist Jonathan Darman writes with a flair that will hold …
“There is little use for the being whose tepid soul knows nothing of great and generous emotion, of the high pride, the stern belief, the lofty enthusiasm, of the men who quell the storm and ride the thunder… It is war-worn Hotspur, spent with hard fighting, he of the many errors and valiant end, over whose memory we love to linger, not over the memory of the young lord who ‘but for the vile guns would have been a valiant soldier.'”
“Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. To keep our faces toward change and behave like free spirits in the presence of fate is strength undefeatable.”
Who Am I Serving?
How Can I Best Serve?
Am I Making My Unique Contribution?
What Am I Becoming?
“History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. People get the history they deserve.”