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Books I Have Read Recently
It has been my lifelong observation that there are two types of people in this world: those who read, and those who do not.

It is remarkable how many people's homes I have been in where there is nary a book to be found. There may be sumptuous surround sound TV and plenty of Game Boys and iPods in sight but, alas, few to no books. I find that terribly sad, and if there are children in the home, terribly unfortunate.

Because I have always been interested in at least attempting to understand the world as best as it may be known -- in an era when the sum of man's knowledge is increasing exponentially with each generation (making Thomas Jefferson perhaps the last true, living 'renaissance man') --, I have made it a practice to read from a wide range of subject matter, from philosophy to politics to science, including books with whose authors I imagine I may not agree.

Rather than allow my prejudices (and we all have them) to prevent me from opening myself to new and possibly controversial material, or from reading books that I am sure I will disagree with beforehand, I make it a point to read these books anyway.

If after reading a book I find myself wanting to challenge, query, compliment or just plain disagree with its author, I will write to the author via their publisher with a request that my letter be forwarded. In recent years it has been easier to contact authors directly and personally via their web sites.

On many an occasion I have enjoyed corresponding with an author whose book I have read, and usually come away from these exchanges feeling that both of our viewpoints have been heard.

Since taking a speed reading course in college (one of the best investments I ever made), I have trained myself to read at approximately 1,000 words per minute. I make it a point to read for at least 90 minutes each day, for a total of approx. 2.7 million words read per month.

At this rate I am able to keep whittling down an eclectic if fairly ambitious reading list. The following are just some of the books I have read within the past twelve months, presented in no particular order.
 

When I Was a Kid This Was A Free Country - G. Gordon Liddy
The South Was Right - Kennedy
The Real Lincoln
Rulers of Evil - Tupper Saucey
Empire Of Debt - Bonner & Wiggin
Trading For A Living - Alexander Elder
The Evolution Of Consciousness - Ornstein
Robert E. Lee On Leadership - Crocker

Constitution Of No Authority - Lysander Spooner

Extraordinary Popular Delusions And The Madness Of Crowds - Charles MacKay
The Final Theory - McCutcheon
Freethinkers - Susan Jacoby
Financial Reckoning Day - Bonner & Wiggin
The State vs. The People: The Rise Of The American  Police State - Wolfe and Zelman
Inside The House Of Money - Drobny
Stock Market Wizards - Jack Schwager
Guns Of The South - Harry Turtledove
Angel In The Whirlwind - Benson Bobrick
Crash Profits - Martin Weiss
Thomas Jefferson - Willard Randall
The Ballad OF Carl Drega - Vin Suprynowicz
A People's History Of The United States - Howard Zinn
Skeptics And True Believers - Chet Raymo
Debono's Thinking Course - Edward Debono
Benjamin Franklin - Walter Isaacson