Category: Books
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George Washington and Fashion
Interesting piece in the Washington Post, Incredibly, men are still wearing ‘the George Washington’, where Chloe Chapin says…
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Book Review: 1929 by Andrew Ross Sorkin
Excellent overview of the 1929 crash. I do not believe I had heard of Charles Mitchell, or at…
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Best Books of 2025
I believe I read 20 or so new book releases in 2025. My top three are probably the…
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Book Review: Replaceable You
I have heard of Mary Roach’s books before but never read them until I read Replaceable You. Interesting…
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The Story of David and the Godfather
After rereading the story of David in 1 Samuel, 2 Samuel, and the first part of 1 Kings,…
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Benjamin Franklin
After reading Edmund Morgan’s biography of Franklin, rereading Walter Isaacson’s biography, and going back to Franklin’s own writings,…
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Book Review: Breakneck by Dan Wang
Dan Wang’s excellent new book Breakneck: China’s Quest to Engineer the Future goes into detail about the rise…
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Book Review: The Pardon by Jeffrey Toobin
Was Ford correct in pardoning Nixon? At the time, the decision was widely criticized, and many believe it…
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Cousin Marriages in the Bible
Joseph Henrich in his books The Secret of Our Success and The WEIRDest People in the World, traces…
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Samuel Johnson, Legal Mind
Lately I’ve been reading more about Samuel Johnson. I just finished John Wain’s biography and am now working…
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Book Review: Second Act by Henry Oliver
Finished Second Act by Henry Oliver. A sharp reminder that age isn’t the limitation we think it is.…
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Book Review: Sapiens by Yuval Noah Harari
Despite hearing about this book for years, I am finally getting around to reading Sapiens: A Brief History…
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Book Review: The Hot Hand by Ben Cohen
Ben Cohen’s book The Hot Hand: The Mystery and Science of Streaks revisits the long debated question of…
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Book Review: Mine! by Michael Heller and James Salzman
Just finished reading Mine! How the Hidden Rules of Ownership Control Our Lives by Michael Heller and James…
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January 2025 Digest
The end of 2024 brought several noteworthy developments in North Carolina’s estate planning and probate law, particularly regarding…
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Work Habits of John Quincy Adams
John Quincy Adams, the sixth President of the United States, was not only a statesman but also a…
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Work Habits of Learned Hand
After reading Gerald Gunther’s excellent biography of Learned Hand, I’ve compiled some notable work habits and character traits…
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Legal Interpretation: Stephen Breyer vs. Richard Posner
Stephen Breyer’s latest 2024 book, Reading the Constitution: Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism, suggests that he has…
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Work Habits of Richard Posner
I recently read William Domnarski’s excellent biography of Judge Richard Posner (link here) and below are some work…
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Work Habits of William O. Douglas
I finished reading Bruce Allen Murphey’s excellent biography of Justice William O. Douglas. Link to the book is…