The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger – Here are my six lessons and takeaways
(A personal note: I am writing this blog post during the great pandemic of 2020. Some of the books I read, and present, seem oddly out of place with our current reality. Even as I write this post, Disney had quite a difficult reopening of Disney in Florida… But this book is a terrific book, Read More
Why we read books that may teach us new things – a reflection
Once upon a time, nearly everyone believed that it was ok to live in a society where one group of people could “own” other people as enslaved persons. Once upon a time, nearly everyone believed that it was a good medical practice to “bleed” people who were ill. Once upon a time, nearly everyone in Read More
White Fragility by Robin DiAngelo, and The Deficit Myth by Stephanie Kelton – Coming for the August 7 First Friday Book Synopsis (on Zoom)
First Friday Book Synopsis, August 7, 2020, on Zoom Time: 7:30 am (Central Time) Two Books: White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism by Robin DiAngelo, Foreword by Michael Eric Dyson and The Deficit Myth: Modern Monetary Theory and the Birth of the People’s Economy by Stephanie Kelton Link to join meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89254017070 Read More
First Friday Book Synopsis now on YouTube – If you missed our live session, catch up here: Stamped from the Beginning and The Ride of a Lifetime, our July session, now available
The video recording of our July session of the First Friday Book Synopsis is now available on YouTube. Click here to download the synopsis handout for these two presentations. The two books are: The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger and Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi (Each of the two book Read More
Here is the New York Times list of best-selling business books for July, 2020 – Atomic Habits by James Clear is still #1, in Pandemic America
The New York Times has just published its list of best-selling business books for July, 2020. Again this month during pandemic season, Atomic Habits is #1 on the list. My theory on why this is still #1 is simple: we are all having to work on ourselves, and this means that we need to get Read More
An Interesting and Thoughtful Post by Brian H. Spitzberg
I have never seen this many reactions to a post, as I we had on the issue on Racism, Statutes, and Monuments. One of the best posts that I read recently was by Brian H. Spitzberg. I have known him for more that 40 years, when we were debaters at UT Arlington. He is Senate Distinguished Professor Read More
