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The Universal Hunger for Liberty: Why the Clash of Civilizations Is Not Inevitable
Published in Paperback by Basic Books (2006-01-02)
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Helpful Votes: 21 out of 24 total.
Review Date: 2004-10-31
Review Date: 2004-10-31
This book may be my most important since The Spirit of Democratic Capitalism (1982). It is a look ahead into the shape of the 21st century to come--its politics, economics and culture. Its focus is that bright crimson thread of human history, the search for liberty in all three spheres, in accord with the human hunger to understand and to choose freely and to take responsibility (and to evade it). I spell out why the 21st century begins locked within World War IV. (World War III, in retrospect, was "the Cold War.") Though not an expert, I try to meet the spiritual challenge of that false version of Islam (the religion), "Islamism" (a politicized desire to destroy others, dressed up falsely as the religion of Islam). I show how the desire of hundreds of millions of Muslims for prosperity, opportunity, and freedom from secret police and tyranny need not be in vain. Indeed, it may come to fruition in this century. I am not altogether optimistic, but there is a good chance that this may happen--and we must take work to make that happen. You cannot defeat terrorism by killing terrorists, but only by helping create a positive alternative, economic opportunity and political liberty, for young males especially (the source of so much violence),in the Islamic world. --Michael Novak, Washington, DC [A summary of the book may be found on my website, at www.michaelnovak.net]
An important message of hope for tomorrow
Helpful Votes: 5 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2004-12-06
Review Date: 2004-12-06
The Universal Hunger for Liberty is a beautifully written and insightful book, unsurpassed in its depth of understanding. Michael Novak, one of the world's foremost theological thinkers, has demonstrated convincingly that the promise of democracy offers the best hope to people of all religions. His important message, if heeded sincerely, will serve to eliminate the most vexing problems that face us today.
The Universal Hunger for Liberty
Helpful Votes: 8 out of 8 total.
Review Date: 2004-12-29
Review Date: 2004-12-29
This is a very interesting book about an extremely important topic. While many people band about words like globalization, multiculturalism, and clash of civilizations, Michael Novak has attempted to sketch an outline of a successful world civilization, a Caritapolis, in which all the world's religions and cultures could participate without losing their identity. More specifically, he is attempting to answer the question whether Islam can be incorporated into the benefits of democratic society without being untrue to its essence. He is especially to be commended for trying to describe the spiritual core of democracy and capitalism, that is the virtues and dispositions of character that enable the free society to function successfully. In short, this is the kind of book that deserves to be read and discussed by those concerned about the possibilities for a free and prosperous 21st century around the world.
Its main defect is that, in 230 pages, it attempts to sketch a picture of a possible world civilization, show how to best aid the world's poor and the environment, detail how Catholicism has dealt with the modern democratic movement, and show whether and how Islam can be reconciled with democracy. Because of this many things are asserted that need to be argued: for example, despite his frequent references to the Judeo-Christian inspiration of democracy and capitalism there is little attention paid to parts of the Bible that would seem to support an authoritarian society, divergences between Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic interpretations of concepts central to democracy and capitalism like free choice, or even the Catholic magisterium's explicit condemnation of many elements of democratic society in the 19th century. In fairness, a book that attempted to cover all the topics he treats thoroughly would probably span a 1000 pages or more and perhaps the book would lose some of its appeal if it was less broad in scope.
Nevertheless, despite its shortcomings, this is a book that deserves to be widely read and disseminated.
Its main defect is that, in 230 pages, it attempts to sketch a picture of a possible world civilization, show how to best aid the world's poor and the environment, detail how Catholicism has dealt with the modern democratic movement, and show whether and how Islam can be reconciled with democracy. Because of this many things are asserted that need to be argued: for example, despite his frequent references to the Judeo-Christian inspiration of democracy and capitalism there is little attention paid to parts of the Bible that would seem to support an authoritarian society, divergences between Jewish, Protestant, and Catholic interpretations of concepts central to democracy and capitalism like free choice, or even the Catholic magisterium's explicit condemnation of many elements of democratic society in the 19th century. In fairness, a book that attempted to cover all the topics he treats thoroughly would probably span a 1000 pages or more and perhaps the book would lose some of its appeal if it was less broad in scope.
Nevertheless, despite its shortcomings, this is a book that deserves to be widely read and disseminated.
A thought-provoking challenge to Islam
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2005-01-09
Review Date: 2005-01-09
Novak challenges Muslims to find within their own religious and philosophical tradition the resources for justifying cooperation with the West in embracing a free and democratic social order. Along the way he revisits topics familiar to readers of his earlier works (the relationship between Catholicism and democracy; moral virtue and a capitalist economy). While much attention these days is paid to Islamic fundamentalist apologists for a war on the West, Novak has apparently done his homework and demonstrates the possibilities for moral renewal within Islam by appeal to their own tradition (the case made, in large part, not just by Novak but Muslims themselves).
Due to the unfortunate stigma attached to "neoconservatives" in the wake of the U.S. war on Iraq, I'm not sure how many would be inclined to read this book -- but their ignorance would truly be their loss. As with all of Novak's books, I learned a great deal (not only about Islam, but about Catholic social doctrine and political philosophy). I would encourage those with truly open minds to consider Novak's proposals for themselves. It is a book that deserves an answer.
Due to the unfortunate stigma attached to "neoconservatives" in the wake of the U.S. war on Iraq, I'm not sure how many would be inclined to read this book -- but their ignorance would truly be their loss. As with all of Novak's books, I learned a great deal (not only about Islam, but about Catholic social doctrine and political philosophy). I would encourage those with truly open minds to consider Novak's proposals for themselves. It is a book that deserves an answer.
VIRTUES OF CAPITALISM VOLUME 1 (Seldon, Arthur. Works. V. 1.)
Published in Hardcover by Liberty Fund Inc. (2004-10-01)
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An excellent basic resource and foundation of insight
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Review Date: 2004-12-08
Review Date: 2004-12-08
Volume 1 of "The Collected Works of Arthur Seldon" series, The Virtues Of Capitalism offers the in-depth wisdom of classical liberal economist Arthur Seldon, who penned his theories from the 1930's to the late 1950's. The Virtues Of Capitalism is divided into two parts; the first is "Corrigible Capitalism; Incorrigible Socialism", in which Seldon explains why he feels capitalism is more open to correction and improvement while socialism resists adjustments to help it fit economic reality, and "Capitalism", a longer work that takes an in-depth accounting of capitalism's positive qualities. An excellent basic resource and foundation of insight into basic liberal economic and capitalist philosophy, The Virtues Of Capitalism is especially recommended for academic library "Economic Studies" collections and is essential reading for non-specialist general readers with an interest in economic theory.
A Must Read
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2000-01-06
Review Date: 2000-01-06
What Ayn Rand does for philosophical reasoning, Arthur Seldon does for economical reasoning. Provides the reader with a firm foundation for arguing the free market proposition. Extremely reader friendly.
Crushing reply to capitalism's critics
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 2000-04-07
Review Date: 2000-04-07
British libertarian economist Arthur Seldon exposes the failings of socialism in general and of Britain's welfare state in particular. The author's antidote for the welfare state is to reduce the scope of government to only those functions that the free market can't duplicate. He considers and rebuts all criticisms -- economic, political, moral -- of the free market. This book has its shortcomings: It's directed towards a British audience, so it requires some familiarity with British history. Written in 1989, the book is a bit dated; e.g., the Soviet Union (which the author repeatedly considers) is extinct. Also, the author often repeats his basic argument; namely, the market is directed by a price system, which is controlled by individual consumers (hence market economies are prosperous and democratic), whereas the welfare state is directed by politicians, producers and interest groups (hence welfare states are poor and authoritarian). Finally, the author's syntax is often awkward. Nevertheless, friends of the free market will find in this book both an armory of rebuttals to capitalism's critics and abundant useful references.
Arthur Seldon's Magnum Opus...A Must Read
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 7 total.
Review Date: 2005-04-21
Review Date: 2005-04-21
Arthur Seldon is little known in his home country, the United Kingdon or abroad except among classical liberals, libertarians and those who inhabit the strange world of think tanks. Yet this little known figure is one of the intellectual giants of the twentieth century and will one day be acknowledged as such.
Liberty Fund is publishing a seven volume Collected Works of which is the first and which presents two works: Corrigible Capitalism, Incorrigible Socialism and Seldon's magnum opus, Capitalism. The first of the two was originally published by the London based free-market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs of which Seldon was the first Editorial Director.
Corrigible Capitalism, Incorrigible Socialism is a reprint of a 1980 paper entitled 'A Credo for private Enterprise' which the author presented to the New Zealand Employer's Federation. This is a vigorous defence of the liberal market order in the face of a continued onslaught by the proponents of the socialist or mixed economy. Whilst Seldon's case is inspired by the Classical liberal case of the 19th Century, this paper can be seen as a further development from the Planning Debate from the 1920s and 30s. Seldon incorporates in his structure the post-war so-called Keynesian developments introduced the various socialist governments under the guise of Conservative or Labour and also takes a broader world perspective. Interestingly, Seldon makes the following comment about China:
"But increasing coercion will be required to suppress the trend to initiative stimulated by knowledge of the West, and it is hardly likely to survive the century. Forty years later in China, where the individualist trading tradition is stronger and markets are a Chinese cultural inheritance, the regime is less self-concious (or guilt-ridden) about the use of 'capitalist' devices, and the return to official recognition of markets is easier. For this reason alone China is likely to emerge economically stronger than Russia in the coming decades"
Yet who could tell in those early days of the Thatcher government who would heed Seldon and the liberals clarion call to the return to markets. While individual politicians may lay claim to the collapse of Communism, none of them have anywhere near the power of individuals to truck, barter and exchange. It is that power which brought about the demise. No more, no less.
In Capitalism Seldon celebrates the economic organisation. Writing from the perspective of one who began life in poverty and enjoyed a modicum of success through his own efforts in the marketplace despite many great adversities Seldon highlights the improvements of mankind which came about not through some central plan or social organisation but through individuals recognising an opportunity to produce goods and services which met a need expressed by the demand in the market. The unintended consequences of human action indeed. Seldon holds that as the textbook understanding of the economy suggests there may be market failure, then correspondingly it should be recognised that there is an equivalence government failure. Whether that failure is inherent such as destroying or altering the price signals which reflect consumer demand or which comes about from the involvement of politicians in the process who corrupt the market for their own ends (the economics of politics or public choice approach) Seldon recognises that there is no perfect system. Using an analytical approach much grounded in the Austrian School of Economics, Seldon sets out a case where private is at least as good as if not mostly better than public. He develops this approach by pointing out the natural tendency of markets to flexibility and therefore creating new structures such as property rights to overcome such failures whils the political processes set in stone many of the rules which become obsolete very quickly. To Seldon's credit it is his credibility which comes about through being no stranger to poverty which gives his case the authority it carries in contrast to the well meaning middle and upper classes who adopt top down approaches to resolving these issues rather than leaving it to the creativity and ingenuity of the people (the market) themselves.
All in all this is an excellent addition to the Liberty Fund library. To top it all off there is an excellent scholarly and succint preface by Colin Robinson who succeeded Seldon as Editorial Director of the IEA and who did sterling work in that regard.
This book is a must read for socialists and liberals (and conservatives) everywhere. There never has been such a heartfelt exposition of the case for Capitalism which has done so much to help so many throughout the world.
Liberty Fund is publishing a seven volume Collected Works of which is the first and which presents two works: Corrigible Capitalism, Incorrigible Socialism and Seldon's magnum opus, Capitalism. The first of the two was originally published by the London based free-market think tank, the Institute of Economic Affairs of which Seldon was the first Editorial Director.
Corrigible Capitalism, Incorrigible Socialism is a reprint of a 1980 paper entitled 'A Credo for private Enterprise' which the author presented to the New Zealand Employer's Federation. This is a vigorous defence of the liberal market order in the face of a continued onslaught by the proponents of the socialist or mixed economy. Whilst Seldon's case is inspired by the Classical liberal case of the 19th Century, this paper can be seen as a further development from the Planning Debate from the 1920s and 30s. Seldon incorporates in his structure the post-war so-called Keynesian developments introduced the various socialist governments under the guise of Conservative or Labour and also takes a broader world perspective. Interestingly, Seldon makes the following comment about China:
"But increasing coercion will be required to suppress the trend to initiative stimulated by knowledge of the West, and it is hardly likely to survive the century. Forty years later in China, where the individualist trading tradition is stronger and markets are a Chinese cultural inheritance, the regime is less self-concious (or guilt-ridden) about the use of 'capitalist' devices, and the return to official recognition of markets is easier. For this reason alone China is likely to emerge economically stronger than Russia in the coming decades"
Yet who could tell in those early days of the Thatcher government who would heed Seldon and the liberals clarion call to the return to markets. While individual politicians may lay claim to the collapse of Communism, none of them have anywhere near the power of individuals to truck, barter and exchange. It is that power which brought about the demise. No more, no less.
In Capitalism Seldon celebrates the economic organisation. Writing from the perspective of one who began life in poverty and enjoyed a modicum of success through his own efforts in the marketplace despite many great adversities Seldon highlights the improvements of mankind which came about not through some central plan or social organisation but through individuals recognising an opportunity to produce goods and services which met a need expressed by the demand in the market. The unintended consequences of human action indeed. Seldon holds that as the textbook understanding of the economy suggests there may be market failure, then correspondingly it should be recognised that there is an equivalence government failure. Whether that failure is inherent such as destroying or altering the price signals which reflect consumer demand or which comes about from the involvement of politicians in the process who corrupt the market for their own ends (the economics of politics or public choice approach) Seldon recognises that there is no perfect system. Using an analytical approach much grounded in the Austrian School of Economics, Seldon sets out a case where private is at least as good as if not mostly better than public. He develops this approach by pointing out the natural tendency of markets to flexibility and therefore creating new structures such as property rights to overcome such failures whils the political processes set in stone many of the rules which become obsolete very quickly. To Seldon's credit it is his credibility which comes about through being no stranger to poverty which gives his case the authority it carries in contrast to the well meaning middle and upper classes who adopt top down approaches to resolving these issues rather than leaving it to the creativity and ingenuity of the people (the market) themselves.
All in all this is an excellent addition to the Liberty Fund library. To top it all off there is an excellent scholarly and succint preface by Colin Robinson who succeeded Seldon as Editorial Director of the IEA and who did sterling work in that regard.
This book is a must read for socialists and liberals (and conservatives) everywhere. There never has been such a heartfelt exposition of the case for Capitalism which has done so much to help so many throughout the world.
Voice Of A Soldier: Operation Liberty
Published in Paperback by Sunpiper Media Publishing (2006-05-09)
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Heartwarming Stories of our Heros
Helpful Votes: 0 out of 0 total.
Review Date: 2008-03-26
Review Date: 2008-03-26
Voice of a Soldier, Operation Liberty is a collection of heart warming stories about the ordinary and extra-ordinary lives of the ordinary heros who sacrifice so much so that we can all enjoy the freedoms guaranteed by the founders of our great country. Thank you all, and please buy the book, proceeds provide so much support to the families of these everyday heros. Jude Atkins, author of Anna's Secret
Anna's Secret
Anna's Secret
Full of stories about gallantry in action by our soldiers
Helpful Votes: 14 out of 14 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-07
Review Date: 2006-06-07
The stories in this anthology tell how brave men and women risked their lives to save fellow soldiers and equipment in their fight to keep America free. The stories give factual accounts of battles and show the grit of our fighting men and women in all branches of the service. If your heart doesn't swell with pride to be an American after reading this book, you better move! God bless America and praise the men who fought and died for freedom!
Wonderful Anthology of Patriotic stories honoring America's finest!
Helpful Votes: 16 out of 16 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-07
Review Date: 2006-06-07
VOICE OF A SOLDIER: OPERATION LIBERTY is an anthology full of the sacrifices made by many brave men and women - veterans, America's finest! Grab the Kleenex box before you sit down to read this book. You will shed tears of joy and sorrow while reading these poignant stories of honor and bravery. These short stories and poems show the contributing authors' gratitude to Veterans in all branches of service. The stories are gripping, thought provoking, and real.
Americans enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to demonstrate, the right to bear arms, the right to vote for elected officials - all because brave men and women proudly serve their country. This book is a thank you to those who willingly risk their life for those of us at home.
This anthology gives the reader a feeling of the selfless contributions and sacrifices made by men and women whose only driving force was protecting the freedoms that the people of the USA still enjoy today. It evokes a feeling of intense patriotism in these times of global uncertainty. Makes me proud to be an American! After reading these stories, I wanted to run up the flag and sing the Star Spangle Banner! God bless America!
Americans enjoy freedom of speech, freedom of religion, the right to demonstrate, the right to bear arms, the right to vote for elected officials - all because brave men and women proudly serve their country. This book is a thank you to those who willingly risk their life for those of us at home.
This anthology gives the reader a feeling of the selfless contributions and sacrifices made by men and women whose only driving force was protecting the freedoms that the people of the USA still enjoy today. It evokes a feeling of intense patriotism in these times of global uncertainty. Makes me proud to be an American! After reading these stories, I wanted to run up the flag and sing the Star Spangle Banner! God bless America!
A Great Father's Day Gift
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-12
Review Date: 2006-06-12
This wonderful anthology would make a great Father's Day gift. What a wonderful tribute this is to anyone who has served in the military.
Why The Big Worry About the Gradual Loss of Our Liberties?: What We All Must Know About True Capitalism and Creeping Socialism
Published in Paperback by Elderberry Press (OR) (2003-12)
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Helpful Votes: 0 out of 1 total.
Review Date: 2004-03-12
Review Date: 2004-03-12
What a great book! If you don't believe the liberal media this is a book for you.
Quite sharply worded yet passionately thoughtful
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-06-07
Review Date: 2004-06-07
Highly recommended reading for students of Economics and Political Science, Why Worry About The Gradual Loss Of Our Liberties?: What We All Must Know About True Capitalism And Creeping Socialism by David L. Wood is not about civil liberties per se; but rather, it is a political and economic treatise which embraces the success at Capitalism and blares a strongly needed "wake up" call demanding acknowledgment of socialism's failures. Decrying socialism's support as largely unwarranted and due to mental indoctrination, Why Worry About The Gradual Loss Of Our Liberties? is a quite sharply worded yet passionately thoughtful defense of capitalist economics and a public policy manifesto.
A POWERHOUSE OF CONSERVATIVE THOUGHT
Helpful Votes: 1 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2004-01-26
Review Date: 2004-01-26
Ann Coulter move over. David L. Wood's new book leaves no liberal ox ungored. It's a concise and cogent case for conservatism. Read it.
Short and understandable treatise on capitalism
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-17
Review Date: 2007-07-17
The author, Dr. Wood, has written a short treatise on why the transition of the US system to socialism matters.
In the preface, the author quotes President Clinton who said in November 2001, less than 2 months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, "those of us who come from various European lineages are not blameless." Since the victims were of all races and nationalities, such a bigoted, racist, idiotic remark doesn't even make sense except to reveal the depravity of the other side.
The strength of this book is to outline the philisophical and historical basis of Americanism and capitalism. Capitalism is basically the extension of freedom into economic transactions. Socialism removes that freedom. The author also summarizes the collectivist viewpoint equally well and succinctly, no small task if you've ever read any of the drivel from Marx, Hegel or modern socialists. The socialists (under whatever name - liberals, marxists, collectivists, communists, democrats, fascists, etc.) use as their almost exclusive tools name-calling and propaganda. Any opponent will quickly be labelled "bigot", "racist" and other insulting terms. For example in Marx's first communist book he spends the final third insulting other socialists who didn't pay him to write propaganda! Marx also considered women nothing more than prostitutes. Given this, how do you even try to use logic with a Marxist feminist?
Similarly, the socialist control of our institutions such as the universities makes rational discussion well-nigh impossible. I well remember discussing the murder of a crippled, American Jew named Leon Klinghoffer when terrorists hijacked the Achille Lauro cruise ship. The terrorists drowned Klinghoffer by throwing him and his wheelchair overboard. I was driving to a symposium with the most prominent scientist in my field and one of his graduate students. This graduate student said that killing this crippled old American was the "only way to fight back." My mouth dropped open at the stupidity of this remark. It opened further when his advisor, the most prominent scientist in his field, nodded in agreement.
The author summarizes important ideas and includes excellent and useful quotes, examples and stories. The only negative would be that the only solution is to try and educate people by publishing this book. So, distribute copies to friends, family and associates before it is too late. Overall 4 stars.
In the preface, the author quotes President Clinton who said in November 2001, less than 2 months after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, "those of us who come from various European lineages are not blameless." Since the victims were of all races and nationalities, such a bigoted, racist, idiotic remark doesn't even make sense except to reveal the depravity of the other side.
The strength of this book is to outline the philisophical and historical basis of Americanism and capitalism. Capitalism is basically the extension of freedom into economic transactions. Socialism removes that freedom. The author also summarizes the collectivist viewpoint equally well and succinctly, no small task if you've ever read any of the drivel from Marx, Hegel or modern socialists. The socialists (under whatever name - liberals, marxists, collectivists, communists, democrats, fascists, etc.) use as their almost exclusive tools name-calling and propaganda. Any opponent will quickly be labelled "bigot", "racist" and other insulting terms. For example in Marx's first communist book he spends the final third insulting other socialists who didn't pay him to write propaganda! Marx also considered women nothing more than prostitutes. Given this, how do you even try to use logic with a Marxist feminist?
Similarly, the socialist control of our institutions such as the universities makes rational discussion well-nigh impossible. I well remember discussing the murder of a crippled, American Jew named Leon Klinghoffer when terrorists hijacked the Achille Lauro cruise ship. The terrorists drowned Klinghoffer by throwing him and his wheelchair overboard. I was driving to a symposium with the most prominent scientist in my field and one of his graduate students. This graduate student said that killing this crippled old American was the "only way to fight back." My mouth dropped open at the stupidity of this remark. It opened further when his advisor, the most prominent scientist in his field, nodded in agreement.
The author summarizes important ideas and includes excellent and useful quotes, examples and stories. The only negative would be that the only solution is to try and educate people by publishing this book. So, distribute copies to friends, family and associates before it is too late. Overall 4 stars.
With Liberty For Some: 500 Years of Imprisonment in America
Published in Hardcover by Northeastern (1998-10-29)
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Anyone Who Thinks Prison is Fair--Read This Book
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 2002-12-29
Review Date: 2002-12-29
This exhaustive study of the criminal justice/prison system in America proves beyond doubt that the criminal justice sytem is biased against minorities, political dissidents, and (always) the poor.
From colonial times to the present, horrors have been committd in the name of justice. What is so disturbing is that today, 500 years later, many of the exact same abuses continue. Women are raped. Men are beaten, and almost no one is rehabilitated.
Why is it that prisons are the only industry where one can fail over and over, and the only consequence is that we build more and more of the exact same thing?
Best book I have read in years!
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 5 total.
Review Date: 1999-12-13
Review Date: 1999-12-13
As a private investigator this book has enabled me to better understand the roots of the current criminal justice system, the many shortcomings of the system, and the harsh realities faced by generations of prisoners in this country. I highly recommend it. I have shared this book with several attorneys and two California state life prisoners (victims of the three strikes law). There is something in it for everyone. If Ken Burns is out there, he may want to make this the subject of his next documentary series!
Read this before you vote
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 1999-12-09
Review Date: 1999-12-09
I am distressed by Americans who ask "how could the German citizens have tolerated the Nazi horrors" but who keep voting for tougher and tougher treatment of prisoners. This well written and well researched book describes the history of prisons (and you will be surprised by some of the earlier ideas about the purpose and functioning of prisons) for the past 500 years. I wish it would be required reading in all schools.
Amador
Published in Hardcover by Henry Holt & Co (1994-06)
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clear and simple,just the way life is, many examples
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Review Date: 1999-05-25
Review Date: 1999-05-25
I'm still looking for my own copy, unfotunately I couldn't read it all, but what I read was very close to my own ideas and, I think, many of my friends. I liked very much examples from literature and History Mr Savater uses all along the book; congratulations.
The wisdom of a father...
Helpful Votes: 3 out of 3 total.
Review Date: 1997-01-07
Review Date: 1997-01-07
The Etichs telled to a teen-ager with fairness and honesty.
A book that leaves the last word to a son who grows up.
A book to read, to discuss, to share with a son.
A must read for all the sons, parents, teachers and educators.
Where it's at
Helpful Votes: 4 out of 4 total.
Review Date: 1999-09-03
Review Date: 1999-09-03
Although somewhat of a contradiction in terms, this book is a touching discourse from a father to a son on how to live life on his own terms. He gives his perspective on everything lofty that he ahs ever come in contact with but underneath it all is the suggwestion that this is merely his take, and the most important interpretation is a persons' own.
The Bayou Privilege
Published in Hardcover by Creative Arts Book Company (2001-10-01)
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A Hard Charging Legal Thriller with Heart
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Review Date: 2002-06-13
Review Date: 2002-06-13
In Dallari Landry's fast paced, dialogue driven debut novel, forensic chemist turned criminal defense lawyer Micki Lane is drawn into a web of intrigue, suspense and betrayal relating to a case she worked on in the crime lab years before. But the danger is palpable and very much real-time, as, one by one, the other principals who worked on the case disappear or are found murdered. Micki herself is being stalked and, ostensibly, targeted.
But Micki Lane is not the victim type. She acknowledges that the peril exists, but refuses to succumb to it. She is able, and willing, to do whatever it takes to see the mystery through and get to the bottom of these strange murders.As a chemist, she participates in the gathering of forensic evidence. Incidentally, these passages offer a fascinating, and unique, touch, to this legal thriller. As a lawyer, she understands the legal implications to those involved and is perfectly capable of protecting her own legal interests and those of her friends and colleagues. She can also just pull a pistol out of her purse and use it when necessary.
Still, returning to a life left behind long ago holds other dangers for Micki, whose husband and young son are away for the summer. Not to her safety, but to her sense of personal security. Old flame Roy, an undercover cop working on the case, re-enters her life and intrudes on her comfort zone. Her re-emerging feelings for him confound her, disturb her and affect her judgment. Sexual tension runs high, and continues to build, pretty much commensurate with the level of suspense surrounding the question of who exactly is behind these murders.
And, is Micki next?
Micki is a fascinating, complex character. Strong, brilliant and profane, you'd feel safe if she were your lawyer. Genuine, loyal and unpretentious, you'd also love for her to be your friend. She is sometimes afraid, although the fear never conquers or debilitates her. But, like all of us, Micki is flawed, and she may surprise you at times. The really smart, and the really talented, are always like that.
You probably won't figure out the denouement very early into this novel. And that's the beauty of it. You probably won't want to put it down until you finally get there, either.
A Heroine For Our Times
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Review Date: 2002-04-16
Review Date: 2002-04-16
Micki Lane is intelligent, sexy, complicated and smart, a heroine we only wish we identified with. While maintaining a demanding legal career, Micki also juggles motherhood and being a wife. She is tempted by an old love and yet knows she has made a wise choice in her mate. My favorite passages are the quieter scenes when Micki is entertaining her child; making love to her husband on a brief vacation away from the tense, dark case she and her friends in law enforcement get involved with to keep from becoming victims themselves; and Micki's workaday routine in her busy law practice. Her no-nonsense advice to recalcitrant clients comprises some of the novel's funniest scenes.
And I like Micki's loyalty to her women friends. She may be drop-dead gorgeous, but she doesn't view other women as competitors, and seems perfectly happy to go off with a girlfriend for the weekend to shop for antiques.
Dallari Landry is knowledgeable about forensics and the nitty-gritty of running a law practice. The legal community is a small world, and Landry gives us the full flavor of the back-scratching and back-stabbing that goes on in that world. By the time this story winds down, you will understand the irony behind Landry's title, that bayou privilege.
Secondary characters are equally complex and interesting, especially the women: Anna, who slaves away in the crime lab and remains loyal in spite of evidence implicating her boss. Joan, the comically frightened psychologist. Sherry, the legal secretary who could probably run the office just fine without her boss. And then there's LeRoy, the old flame, who looks too damn good to a woman whose husband has been out of town for a while.
Like most lawyers, Micki knows how to use the language. Her profanity is casual, inventive, and evokes the bayou country where she was raised. The best heroines are not the ones who are strong all the time, but the ones who proceed in spite of their fears. Micki is bedeviled as much by phantoms in her own head as those that come out of the bizarre case she helps to solve. Let lesser heroines lay their heads on their pillows and enjoy dreamless sleep. Micki does not sleep that well.
The case that draws Micki, Roy, and Anna back together is an old one they worked a dozen years earlier. Rather than fading away, this murder case has festered. There is greed, official misconduct, and even suspicion among the friends. At the heart of the case is a crumbling antebellum mansion in the bayou, where the forensics experts have a field day gathering evidence.
This is Landry's first novel, and sometimes the material threatens to slide out of her control, but ultimately she will win you over with the energy of her writing, her compassion for her characters, and your suspicion that Michelle "Micki" Lane owes a lot to her creator. It is no coincidence that Landry possesses the same forensic and legal skills she gives her character.
If you love legal thrillers, realistic forensic details, and you're sick and tired of having it dished up from a male perspective, give THE BAYOU PRIVILEGE a try. I can hardly wait for the next installment of the complicated Micki Lane.
Retired from criminal justice field
Helpful Votes: 2 out of 2 total.
Review Date: 2002-01-23
Review Date: 2002-01-23
I read The Bayou Privilege, a legal-thriller, and just couldn't put it down. The author's experiences from working in a crime lab and that as a lawyer make for a solid background. (from her bio) The Lufkin Daily News stated that "Landry spins a tale of conspiracy and intrigue spattered with Cajun spice and detailed sex scenes." I read that in my hometown newspaper. I highly recommend The Bayou Privilege.
Breaking Free: Discover the Victory of Total Surrender
Published in Paperback by B&H Publishing Group (2007-04)
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Beth Moore is awesome!
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Review Date: 2008-06-11
Review Date: 2008-06-11
This was given to me as a gift last month for Mother's Day and I love it! Beth Moore really has been used by God to speak straight to your heart. I love her challenging me in every chapter. It is exactly what I need. She has done it yet again!
A life changing book
Helpful Votes: 38 out of 39 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-03
Review Date: 2007-05-03
I own a hardback copy of this book and have read it through twice now. If you're tired of living in the stronghold of anything...addiction, pride, greed, jealousy, guilt, insecurity, etc., then pick up a copy of this book. Breaking free from those strongholds doesn't happen overnight. But once you realize how chained you are to the things from which Jesus/God can set you free, you're on your way. I am so very grateful God put this book in my path for I wouldn't take anything for the gift of BREAKING FREE! The word says, "I've come that you might have life and have it more abundantly." I believe it and I'm experiencing that even in the midst of trials. That's what happens when you have a Savior and believe He is who He says He is and believe He can do what He says He can do. So, feeling in bondage? Get this book and let God change your life through it.
Career and Life Coach Sheri Hoff loves this book
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2008-04-17
Review Date: 2008-04-17
When I purchased this book, I was feeling good about my spirituality and the direction I was heading in my life, but I still felt that I was missing a piece of the puzzle. While reading this book I was struck by the realization that some elements of my behavior and thought process were not "just my personality" but areas that God could bless and change for me. I learned while studying this book to let go of some deep past hurts. Hurts that I thought were already gone, but were really bubbling under the surface. This is a great book if you are willing to dig deep into your spirituality with an honest and open heart. I thank Beth for writing such liberating words based in scripture and for caring about people's hearts.
Studying this book moved me to new levels. My life mission is to foster continuous learning, growth and to inspire people to truly tap their God given talents. Beth's book is one very useful tool in this process for people.
Studying this book moved me to new levels. My life mission is to foster continuous learning, growth and to inspire people to truly tap their God given talents. Beth's book is one very useful tool in this process for people.
BUREAUCRACY
Published in Hardcover by Liberty Fund Inc. (2007-02-01)
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The Free-Market Perspective on Big Government
Helpful Votes: 16 out of 23 total.
Review Date: 2000-09-23
Review Date: 2000-09-23
This is a short economic tract from the acclaimed Austrian economist known for his stern defense of free-markets. Mises' sharp verbal logic and analysis of the adverse affect that bureaucracy, socialism, and a bloated public sector has on the economy. This book is a classic. I recommend reading in tandem with his other classics like Human Action, Liberalism in the Classical Tradition, Socialism.
Perceptive and Concise
Helpful Votes: 29 out of 29 total.
Review Date: 2006-06-09
Review Date: 2006-06-09
Bureaucracy is the clearest and most concise version of the calculation critique of socialism. This books is vastly easier to read that the original 1920 article on socialist calculation. It is far shorter and more focused than Human Action. It is also much shorter than Socialism, an Economic and Sociological Analysis. Mises managed to achieve brevity without sacrificing much important content. Bureaucracy is probably his best written book.
There are many subtleties to this book, but the main points are straightforward. Mises contrasts profit management with bureaucratic management. To Mises Bureaucratic management is necessary as far as a few basic public services are concerned. However, the adoption of socialism would mean the extension of bureaucratic management to all areas of the economy. The problem with this is that bureaucracies are inflexible. Changing economic conditions require the adaptation of production. Entrepreneurs implement changes in production because they seek profit. Mises explains why bureaucrats would act irresponsibly- they are not checked by profit and loss accounting. Since public services lack a cash value as generated by markets the costs of increasing public services are unknown. Bureacratic managers would thus over expand their operations without realizing it. Such bureaucratic excesses must be limited by restrictive rules. Hence bureaucracies lack the flexibility of entrepreneurial capitalism.
Mises also considers psychological and political issues, but these points are not as well developed as his economic arguments. One could see this as a weakness, but those who want a more complete version of the von Mises critique of socialism can read his 1922 book- Socialism.
Bureaucracy is the shortest and surest path to understanding the merits of free markets and the dangers of socialism. I can think of no other book that contains so many important insights in so few pages. The closest contenders for this honor would be Menger's Principles, Buchanan's Cost and Choice, and Hayek's Road to Serfdom. Fortunately one can find accessibility and genius in some books, and Bureaucracy excels in both of these attributes.
There are many subtleties to this book, but the main points are straightforward. Mises contrasts profit management with bureaucratic management. To Mises Bureaucratic management is necessary as far as a few basic public services are concerned. However, the adoption of socialism would mean the extension of bureaucratic management to all areas of the economy. The problem with this is that bureaucracies are inflexible. Changing economic conditions require the adaptation of production. Entrepreneurs implement changes in production because they seek profit. Mises explains why bureaucrats would act irresponsibly- they are not checked by profit and loss accounting. Since public services lack a cash value as generated by markets the costs of increasing public services are unknown. Bureacratic managers would thus over expand their operations without realizing it. Such bureaucratic excesses must be limited by restrictive rules. Hence bureaucracies lack the flexibility of entrepreneurial capitalism.
Mises also considers psychological and political issues, but these points are not as well developed as his economic arguments. One could see this as a weakness, but those who want a more complete version of the von Mises critique of socialism can read his 1922 book- Socialism.
Bureaucracy is the shortest and surest path to understanding the merits of free markets and the dangers of socialism. I can think of no other book that contains so many important insights in so few pages. The closest contenders for this honor would be Menger's Principles, Buchanan's Cost and Choice, and Hayek's Road to Serfdom. Fortunately one can find accessibility and genius in some books, and Bureaucracy excels in both of these attributes.
As timely and insightful now as it was over half a century ago
Helpful Votes: 9 out of 9 total.
Review Date: 2007-07-08
Review Date: 2007-07-08
Written by professor former Vienna Chamber of Commerce economist Ludwig von Mises (1881-1973), Bureaucracy is a classic economic treatise, first published in 1944, about how the efficient aspects of private ownership and control of public good production ultimately produces superior results compared to the mishmash of publically administrated plans laced with codes of "officialdom", government incompetence, unforeseen legal wranglings, graft, and other ills. "Bureaucracy in itself is neither good nor bad," Mises states; rather, bureaucracy is a valuable resource for managing certain spheres of human activity, such as policing and courts of law, yet ultimately a failure or even harmful when applied to private enterprise, simply because forced obedience to strict rules hobbles entrepreneurial managers' room to maneuver amid fluctuating market situations, and stifles their innovation in response to evolving consumer wants. "Under socialism... the beginner must please the already settled. They do not like too efficient newcomers. (Neither do old-established entrepreneurs like such men; but, under the supremacy of the consumers, they cannot prevent their competition.) In the bureaucratic machine of socialism the way toward promotion is not achievement but the favor of the superiors... The rising generation is at the mercy of the aged." As timely and insightful now as it was over half a century ago, Bureaucracy is highly recommended especially for college library and economic studies shelves.
Cato's Letters or Essays on Liberty, Civil and Religious, and Other Important Subjects : Four Volumes in Two
Published in Paperback by Liberty Fund Inc. (1995-07-01)
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radicalism at its best
Helpful Votes: 19 out of 27 total.
Review Date: 1998-05-25
Review Date: 1998-05-25
Anyone who adocates capitalism, liberty, freedom, etc. should read these letters. They inspired the American Revolutionaries. They inspired me. I'm willing to bet that they'll inspire you.
Timeless Wisdom of Radical Whiggery
Helpful Votes: 38 out of 44 total.
Review Date: 1999-03-16
Review Date: 1999-03-16
Cato's Letters are a must have for any lover of liberty. They are filled with enough passion, wisdom, and wit to make them shining gems on any bookshelf. The philosophy expounded in these letters is that of radical liberty according to the laws of nature. It is made clear throughout that governments are the servants of people, not there masters. The only just role of government is to protect the life, liberty, and property of the governed, any other role being usurped and explicitly tyrannical. It was this radical philosophy that made Cato's Letters such a huge influence in America throughout the 18th century. Their influence on the Revolutionary generation is rivaled only by John Locke and his Second Treatise of Government. Above all, these letters are classics of reason and resistance. In my opinion, they are the best exposition of libertarian principles ever written.
Valueing the source
Helpful Votes: 6 out of 6 total.
Review Date: 2007-05-07
Review Date: 2007-05-07
If you are searching the source documents of the founding period to find what folks were saying about the role of government and this idea of "liberty", then this is a must have. Following the recent passage of the Patriot Act many citizens would be shocked about these wide rangeing essays concerning the value of liberty and the deligence by which the citizen must watch the workings of government(and institutions)to restrict this concept. This is a great edition and a great addition to a founding period library...both then and now.
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