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January 11, 2010

Monday Open Thread — What Are You Reading?

by Brad Warbiany

Hey, folks. Slow day here at TLP, so it’s probably a good a time as any to open the floor.

What’s currently on the reading shelves for all of you?

For me:

Just finished:
The American Story, by Garet Garrett. — Available from the Mises Store. I plan on a review of this once I get a bit of time to put it together.

On tap:
Anathem, by Neal Stephenson
The Memoirs of Herbert Hoover – The Great Depression 1929-1941 [PDF], by Herbert Hoover. — I was trying to decide whether or not to buy it, but since I saw it on PDF I figure I’ll need to get around to reading it.

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  1. <—- Is reading portions of the Senate health care bill to try to figure out how the proposed government-ran health insurance exchange is to be better than the privately-ran health insurance exchange at http://www.ehealthinurance.com.

    On the side, I'm plugging away again at Obedience to Authority by Stanley Milgram and this paper about US policy towards Haiti during the first 70 years of the US federal government’s existence under the US Constitution.

    Comment by Justin Bowen — January 11, 2010 @ 12:55 pm

  2. Natural Western Riding, Blazer; Motorcycles from the Inside Out, Griffin; I read these while waiting for my pc to get alive.

    Just finished Twilight and New Moon, both by Meyer.

    Right now wondering what book I want to read when I am ignoring the TV.

    Comment by Doc Ellis 124 — January 11, 2010 @ 5:08 pm

  3. Just finished All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy

    Comment by nmchugh85 — January 11, 2010 @ 6:28 pm

  4. [...] nmchugh85: Just finished All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy [...]

    Pingback by The Liberty Papers »Blog Archive » President Obama establishes Council of Governors by Executive Order — January 11, 2010 @ 8:41 pm

  5. Just picked out The Horse Breeding Farm by Willis to read when I am ignoring TV.

    Comment by Doc Ellis 124 — January 12, 2010 @ 6:13 am

  6. Stranger in a Strange Land – Heinlein

    Men’s Health

    Comment by Nick M. — January 12, 2010 @ 6:50 pm

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