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Matters of Mattering (opens the original)
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I’ve mentioned many times how much a good conversation can add to your reading of a book. A recent experience reminded that a good conversation can actually make a book better.Such was the case for me with Jennifer Breheny Wallace’s Mattering: The Secret to a Life of Deep Connection and Purpose. I was already familiar with Wallace’s work, and had been particularly impressed by her book about toxic achievement c
Other Lives, Other Lessons (opens the original)
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Hello, friends! What a few weeks of reading I’ve had, and eager to share with you all.We just wrapped up our first GoodRiches Book Club on the incredible Count of Monte Cristo. Twelve of us spent an hour a week for six weeks together discussing Dumas’ classic, and it was a fantastic experience. What I thought would be a sort of “bro novel” revenge story was so much more. Questions of justice, mercy, sympathy, education, and Providence all found thei
Rereading Adam Smith’s *Wealth of Nations* (opens the original)
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This week I have the great pleasure of leading a Liberty Fund conference commemorating the 250th anniversary of the publication of Adam Smith’s seminal book of political economy, An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. It’s a book I’ve spent a lot of time with- in the classroom, in the conference room, in writing and reading on my own. Smith is a thinker who rewards rereading; I always find something new. I c
The Declaration of Independence: A Conversation with Brad Birzer (opens the original)
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I recently had the distinct pleasure of catching up with my dear friend and eminent historian Brad Birzer. We talked about his new book, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Declaration-Independence-Radical-Experiment-Liberty/dp/1630694363/ref=sr_1_1?crid=375CAQEL46GZ9&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.-Fy_yOG30Nhm8bSnD3mjSRDBy5z2JZ1JfmWwcBdh3epeKsFez4AC8aIil5TMzk-I44jH5QnZKCunZ5mz8BdBi3fbDcfKSH06FMrBroFDNqfMS5bWBCLmz0q8iDHjf40YxR6fvE2M_xAJc2PB-sbBtbHD3zQqGZX7-gfA1d5w_cpI0Ba76aijyTW-5KM5jHS9BqU3mpkA3E8NUBnUUi5o3xhwK-
Even the Foolish and the Weak Have and Deserve Love (opens the original)
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My favorite books are books that remind you how important it is to spend time with ideas. One of the earliest books I loved and I’m talking about broken spine, pages falling out, chinchilla nibbled cover loved was Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time. Little me had no idea what that fabulous “L” was doing sidling up to that “E” but I loved that, too.If
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