Book Review
From The Street Corner to The Corner Office
I’ve lived a life that’s full; I traveled each and ev’ry highway; And more, much more than this, I did it my way Frank Sinatra’s famous lyrics could have been the theme for Michael J. Thomas, who writes of moving from the streets...
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The Whites of Their Eyes
"The Whites of Their Eyes" is a fascinating attempt to raise the level of US public policy debate. It is also a critique of the uses of history in politics and a brief, informative account of the ordinary people who lived at the time of...
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Exodus from Hunger
The United States has a higher rate of poverty than any other country except Mexico. So says the Luxembourg Income Study (a data bank and research institute), which sets the poverty line in twenty-one high-income nations at half of that...
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Generosity Unbound
Claire Gaudiani has penned an informative and thought-provoking book that is, in Guadiani’s words, her “love letter to American philanthropy.” As are many love letters, it is prone to overstatement and dramatic pronouncements....
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The Deeds of My Fathers
Paul David Pope’s "The Deeds of My Fathers" could well be subtitled, “How the Pope Family Built Civilization in New York City, saved Italy from Communism, and Made the Mob Sound Respectable.” In this biography, which reads like a...
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S-Corporation
Lawyers often do things clients cannot do on their own, but they also do things clients simply do not want to do on their own. Daniel Sitarz, an experienced lawyer, has written "S-Corporation" to give people the skills and knowledge to...
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Real Estate Forms Simplified
A reader of "Real Estate Forms Simplified" by Daniel Sitarz will discover a great deal of useful and detailed information about buying, selling, and renting real estate—primarily residential real estate. Sitarz offers easy-to-use forms...
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The Church and Abortion
Dr. George Dennis O’Brien agrees with the American Catholic bishops that abortion is an intrinsic evil but, after that, there is little agreement on this issue: “While it sounds harsh, abortion is an intrinsic evil, though one that...