Monthly Archives: September 2011

21
Sep

Review: Forbidden Truth: US-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia & the Failed Search for bin Laden

Forbidden Truth: US-Taliban Secret Oil Diplomacy, Saudi Arabia & the Failed Search for bin Laden by Jean-Charles Brisard My rating: 5 of 5 stars –Us Gov supported the Taliban during the 90s because of desire in Gov/Corp (!) for a … Continue reading →

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17
Sep

The Conspiracy Against Upton Sinclair

To give you an idea of how this sort of thing works, let me offer a historical example from the other side of the ideological spectrum, from the left. In 1934 Upton Sinclair ran for governor of California. Most students … Continue reading →

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8
Sep

Wish I could be sure of this off the top of my head…

… since I did write a book about him and all! The Top Ten Books That Influenced J.R.R. Tolkien | LitStack. Off the top of my head, I wonder why she didn’t include the Kalevala.

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8
Sep

Christian Encounters: J.R.R. Tolkien by Mark Horne « beauty in the mundane (offsite)

This was a pleasurable biography well written and extensive in its scope. It is easy to read and draws parallels between emotional and historical happenings that impacted Tolkien which then shaped how he wrote and what he chose to write … Continue reading →

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8
Sep

Sound Off: Book Review: J.R.R. Tolkien by Mark Horne (offsite)

If you pressed me to think about it, I would probably say my all-time favorite fiction author is J.R.R. Tolkien. Last year I read a biography in the Christian Encounters series about Winston Churchill. In the last pages of the … Continue reading →

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8
Sep

On your Mark 3: Psalm 7 and the Righteousness of God

audio Psalm 7 – ESVBible.org Links to my series on the Righteousness of God Reading Psalm 7 one morning recently, I was struck by the fact that both 3 and 7 are from the story of David fleeing from Jerusalem. … Continue reading →

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8
Sep

On the Mark podcast 2: The Secret Life of Bill Clinton by Ambrose Evans-Pritchard

Brief review of The Secret Life of Bill Clinton audio links: I blanked about the Telegraph as the paper Ambrose Evans-Pritchard works for when I recorded the pod cast. Here are his current stories. OKC bombing First go here, and … Continue reading →

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7
Sep

(Never mind) Gary North v Dave Ramsey v. my first awnurmarc podcast (totally unscripted)

OK, this was the wrong audio file and didn’t download. So I’ll try again. I’m looking for a free site that will let me upload mp3 files and directly link them. Gary North’s article One of Mish’s more recent posts … Continue reading →

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