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Gregory G. Bruce

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Seemingly realistic look at how the sausage is made.

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Reviewed: 08-31-24

Very well written. Pulls you into the machinations and emotions of those in political power.

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Well told

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Reviewed: 09-18-23

I’m inclined to believe that this is a fair account of the life and mind of a complicated, talented, and influential person.

We want people like him to be our heroes but we learn once again that we can appreciate, admire, and even, to the degree that we are able, emulate them. But we learn yet that it isn’t wise to make any single fellow human being our “hero.” While some people have heroic characteristics and accomplishments, they are, in the end, another fallen person, living amongst fallen people in a fallen world.

I’m more grateful than ever that Elon Musk occupies this fallen world at the same time as I and my loved ones. He is making significant contributions. But I am reminded once again that I have to look elsewhere for a Saviour. I believe with my whole heart and mind that I have found him in a man who lived some 2000 years ago.

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An interesting man

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Reviewed: 07-08-23

A good story about an important part of the history of our country. If he represented his ideas honestly, he was an exceptional man in terms of common sense, compassion, civic mindedness, and business.

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A Voice of Reason

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Reviewed: 07-03-23

In a fair world Sowell’s work would be foundational for most public policy today.

In this work; his passion for true civil rights is clearly communicated; his criticism of the civil rights “vision” is well documented.

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Reviewed: 05-03-23

This book aims to help people who are questioning their Christian faith to continue to do so, but to do so in a fair, fully informed way before actually taking the step to forsake their faith in Christ. It covers a lot of territory in a rather short book and in so doing raises a lot of issues in some interesting ways.

The writers don’t pretend to be mere casual bystanders with some good advice for how to give up the Christian faith in a credible way; rather they clearly hope to help people, especially those who are younger, find their way from from a faith that leaves them puzzled and/or dissatisfied to a faith in Christ that more fully conforms to the life in Christ and with his people that the Bible actually describes and to which it calls us all.

Honest people who really want answers will do well to read the book and take on the challenge it describes.

It is not a book of sure fire answers which will turn anyone contemplating leaving their faith behind back to the church of their youth. But it can help them to begin to map a course for honestly pursuing the most important trek they will ever take in their lives.

Additionally, this book is almost required reading for pastors, elders, youth leaders, and parents. In its pages the church and Christian families can begin to take inventory in order to see how we might be distorting biblical faith by a shallow enculturation which falls far short of glorifying the Christ who gives life and hope to anyone in any culture who trusts in him.

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Excellent Resource

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Reviewed: 10-16-22

It is my experience that most people are overwhelmed with the idea of worldview, let alone engaging the ideas involved to iron out one for oneself. Of course, we all can’t start with pre-Socratic philosophers and work our way up to present day philosophers analyzing each one for guidance in determining a worldview for ourselves. But most of us are capable with reading secondary sources for an overall understanding and delving a little deeper into some of the primary sources which piqued our interest.

But however deeply one desires to delve in the mysteries and intricacies of philosophical and worldview thinking, The Universe Next Door is a great place to start.

Highly recommended.

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Kept my interest

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Reviewed: 04-01-22

This was a very pleasant surprise and I’ll be looking for more by the author. It turned out to be a feel good story, but I don’t mind that as long as there is enough tension to make it real. I liked the character development. The fact that the “crime” was complex in terms of guilt/innocence kept the moral juices flowing. Also, you can’t get away from the social issues like the difference in outcomes according to wealth in our very flawed but still the “best” judicial system.

I very much like this particular performer; excellent job.

A good read (listen).

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Very helpful

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Reviewed: 07-06-21

I was so very impressed with Dr. Meyers’ book on multiple levels. He was gracious and complimentary of the abilities and strengths of those with whom he differs. He exemplifies the spirit that this type of endeavor requires; determined, scholarly in the best sense of the word, collegial to the point that others will permit, and gracious.


He clearly explained the issues at hand giving enough background for the readers/listeners to be able to follow his ideas and argument. His illustrations rendered very difficult concepts a little easier to understand. I think he must have been an awesome teacher in the classroom.

His entire presentation was helpful.

I have worked with a school board in the past, asking not that they don’t teach evolution, but that they teach the facts of science at its inquisitive, sometimes skeptical, best with a radical commitment to following the facts wherever they lead even if the results seem confusing while we wait for science to continue its hard work. I also pleaded for them to teach the methods of science, applied without prejudice.

I wish I had this book back then.

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Learning From Sowell

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Reviewed: 05-29-19

Why won't our politicians, social commenters, educators and news sources dare to learn from Thomas Sowell. While he doesn't have everything to say about racism, justice, social reality, and political history, what he has to say is profound, well researched, and compelling. Needless to say, his word on these matters could actually go a long way to move our country forward in all these matters.

While we elected our first black president, and as important as that fact is, it didn't in itself improve race relations in our country. My perspective is that things actually went backward during this time; and my opinion is that President Obama just didn't really provide any leadership is race relations, let alone any leadership that was out-of-the-box and utilized his unique and historic role. Now, with a new president, we are hearing all the usual suspects, denounce President Trump as racist, making it seem that things are getting worse under his leadership.

I think that Sowell would agree that just as the left, of all occupational stripes, have avoided or ignored the facts of black accomplishment prior to "help" from the Great Society, as well as the negative influence on Black America that the Great Society and all that it has spawned, the left is now ignoring the real progress of minorities under the supposed racist president.

More important to me, is that I had never known about the redneck and cracker invasion of the American South from England, Ireland and Scotland before slavery had taken hold in our nation. Why didn't I know about that. How could my US History courses in both high school and college have missed such important information. Furthermore, why hasn't anyone ever told me that it was southern white influence on freed slaves and their progeny that has produced the kind of behaviors which others have criticized and which have undoubtedly hindered their progress and growth in the United States since slavery. And why have I never been told about the freed slaves and their children who avoided the influence of the white crackers and rednecks in the south who were able to prove their intelligence, ability, and worth to a skeptical white America.

And why have I not known about an all black high school, Dunbar in D.C., that, through the late 1800's through the almost mid 1900's, competed well in academic tests with the 3 white highs schools in the city. And why are other schools from the era with similar success kept such a secret.

If we, not just I, had known some of these things, perhaps we would have done some things differently, even better: in education, legislation, and public policy.

It seems that we are held hostage to misinformation about things that counter political correctness. However, I grateful for the likes of Thomas Sowell to help re-educate me.

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