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Book Review | The Deepest Well
THE DEEPEST WELL: Healing the Long-term Effects of Childhood Adversity Nadine Burke Harris, Mariner Books, 272p. This book raises...
Greg McNeilly
Jul 11, 20201 min read
Book Review | Discrimination & Disparites
DISCRIMINATION & DISPARITIES |Thomas Sowell. Hachette Book Group, 308p Veteran economist Thomas Sowell relies upon facts to lay bare a...
Greg McNeilly
Jun 16, 20201 min read
Book Review | A Planet of Viruses
A PLANET OF VIRUSES | Carl Zimmer. University of Chicago Press, 128p. Besides being omnipresent, viruses have contributed to the...
Greg McNeilly
Jun 4, 20201 min read
Book Review | That Thou Shall Disdain Hardships
THAT THOU SHALL DISDAIN HARDSHIPS | Rufus, Musonius, Yale University Press, p124. This is a handy reprint of the teachings of Gaius...
Greg McNeilly
May 13, 20202 min read
Book Review | I Love Capitalism
I LOVE CAPITALISM: An American Story | Langone, Ken, Penguin Random House, 304p. Noting his life has been an “American dream,” Ken...
Greg McNeilly
May 6, 20201 min read
Book Review | You Never Forget Your First
YOU NEVER FORGET YOUR FIRST, A Biography of George Washington | Alexis Coe | Viking Press, 261p If you need an incredibly accessible...
Greg McNeilly
Apr 30, 20201 min read
Book Review | A Time to Build
A TIME TO BUILD: From family & community to Congress & the Campus, How Recommitting to our Institutions Can Revive the American Dream |...
Greg McNeilly
Mar 25, 20202 min read
Book Review | Rule Makers, Rule Breakers
RULE MAKERS, RULE BREAKERS: How Tight & Loose Cultures Wire Our World | Michele Gelfand, Scribner, 376p. “Culture,” Gelfand writes,...
Greg McNeilly
Mar 14, 20202 min read
Book Review | Call Sign Chaos
CALL SIGN CHAOS: Learning to Lead | Jim Mattis, Random House, 320p. Covering four decades of services as a U.S. Marine, General James...
Greg McNeilly
Mar 9, 20202 min read
Book Review | Behave: The Biology of Humans
BEHAVE, The Biology of Humans At our Best & Worst | Robert Sapolsky, Penguin Books, 790p What drives or causes us to do what we do?...
Greg McNeilly
Feb 23, 20201 min read
Book Review | Fredrick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom
FREDRICK DOUGLASS, Prophet of Freedom | David Blight | Simon & Schuster, 888 pages. Any American born nearly a decade before Thomas...
Greg McNeilly
Feb 10, 20202 min read
Book Review | The Triumph of William McKinley
THE TRIUMPH OF WILLIAM McKINLEY: Why the Election of 1896 Still Matters | Karl Rove | Simon & Schuster, 483 pages. For students of...
Greg McNeilly
Jan 31, 20202 min read
Book Review | Socrates: A Man for Ourt Times
SOCRATES: A Man for Our Times | Paul Johnson | Viking, 224 pages. On a spring morning in 399 BC, Athenians brought a 70-year-old...
Greg McNeilly
Jan 22, 20202 min read
Book Review | How To Drink
HOW TO DRINK: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing | Vincent Obsopoeus, Princeton University Press, p285. This Latin poem, written...
Greg McNeilly
Jan 11, 20202 min read
Book Review | Unveiled: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam
UNVEILED: How Western Liberals Empower Radical Islam | Yasmine Mohammed | Free Hearts, Free Minds, 290 pages. This is a thoroughly...
Greg McNeilly
Jan 9, 20201 min read
Book Review | Tending The Heart of Virtue
TENDING THE HEART OF VIRTUE, How Classic Stories Awaken a Child's Moral Imagination | Viegen Guroian, Oxford University Press, p198....
Greg McNeilly
Jan 7, 20201 min read
Book Review | Blueprint: The Evoluntionary Origins of a Good Society
Greg McNeilly reviews blueprint by Christakis.
Greg McNeilly
Dec 21, 20195 min read
Book Review | Never Split the Difference
Never Splint the Difference by Chris Voss is reviewed by Greg McNeilly.
Greg McNeilly
Dec 14, 20194 min read
Book Review | To Keep & Bear Arms
To Keep & Bear Arms reviewed by Greg McNeilly.
Greg McNeilly
Dec 7, 20196 min read
Book Review | Madness of Crowds
Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray reviewed by Greg McNeilly.
Greg McNeilly
Nov 23, 20196 min read
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