Money: The Unauthorized Biography, by Felix Martin This is a great, albeit a bit wonky book. His final argument, is that money is not a fixed amount, like an ounce of gold of a gram of silver, but a means of measuring and transferring a concept of value from one person to another. Moon Tiger,…
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New Video Interview Posted: “Ham Radio Now”
Gary Pearce has a terrific new series of video interviews on his site, "Ham Radio Now:" https://www.hamradionow.tv/ He literally stumbled on my sales table at the massive Dayton, OH ham radio convention (HamVention) last May (2016), and we ended up with a most-enjoyable and free-wheeling discussion of my new book, "Contact Sport." He uploaded the…
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Book Clubs. What a Nice Thing!
I've been meaning to comment about how much fun it is to be in a book club now for several months. Of course the term itself is really broad, including national umbrella organizations such as the Oprah Book Club, local library book clubs, church book clubs, and individual groups of people who meet in members'…
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The End of the Earth? It’s Possible!
That was the most sensational headline I could come up with. However, an article in the August issue of Scientific American explains that an asteroid named Bennu poses just such a possibility. Bennu is large enough, about a third of a mile in diameter, to do enough damage to essentially destroy civilization as we know…
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