I have rarely looked forward to a movie release more than I did Angelina Jolie's Unbroken. Zamperini is a hero, a national treasure, and happens to share two things near and dear to my heart: A faith in the one, true God, and the fight...
The far left, wild conspiracy crowd, Occupy Wall Street folks (the three of them remaining), and those who find Elizabeth Warren intelligent all should have a new best friend in Nomi Prins, whose new book, All the President's Bankers, has put ink to page on...
I was hesitant to take on the 475-page behemoth from Halperin and Heilemann when it arrived. I had pretty much left the misery of the 2012 campaign (and subsequent election results) in the past, and the degree of backlog I am suffering from right...
I have been looking forward to reading the memoirs of Secretary Geithner ever since he left office. I am not a fan of the Secretary's, but the core of my dislike for his work as Treasury Secretary is very different than the most oft-cited...
I will let you in a little secret (though I think I admitted this in my review of Wolf of Wall Street already ...
I read Jordan Belfort's book the first week that it came out five or so years ago. I knew immediately that the talk of it turning into a movie would happen, for the book itself read like it was written to be put on...
The CEO of a significant hedge fund with whom I enjoy a close relationship recently recommended for me (strongly) What Happened to Goldman Sachs by a former employee of Goldman's, Steven Mandis. The implicit pitch for the book was that finally someone had gone...
The Rational Optimist is a rare find for those who love markets, love history, and love reading. Few books you will ever read combine the historical depth that this gem of a find from Matt Ridley has, and yet also challenge your thinking in...
George Gilder is one of the most important minds in the United States of America, and he has been for 30+ years. His Wealth and Poverty is one of the very few HAVE-TO-READ books in the history of free market economics. ...
As an avid reader, one of my favorite reading "sensations", if you will, is when you begin a book that so captivates you and interests you (for whatever reason) that you just do not want to put it down. Reading a 350-page...
