Harry S Truman
Here is an excerpt from an article featured at the MoneyWise website that caught my eye. To read the complete article and check out others, please click here. * * * The most powerful men in America were a quirky…
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Eleanor David Michaelis Simon & Schuster (October 2020) “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” Eleanor Roosevelt Over the years, I have read hundreds of biographies and reviewed many of them. This is one of…
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In The Formula, Albert László Barabási explains why people succeed or fail. He focuses on five “laws” and devotes a separate chapter to each. I have presumed to add what seems to me to be an appropriate observation. 1. Performance…
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The Georgetown Set: Friends and Rivals in Cold War Washington Gregg Herken Alfred A. Knopf (2014) “The hand that mixes the Georgetown martini is time and again the hand that guides the destiny of the Western world.” Henry Kissinger. As…
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One Man’s Opinion: Five Greatest U.S. Presidents
Some people rank U.S. Presidents (i.e. 1-45 best-worst or 45-1 worst to best). Others such as I prefer the cluster approach (i.e. five best or five worst, ranked in alpha order). According to these criteria: o Administrative Skills o Commitment…
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