Jerry Levine
Sequester Semester
Lloyd and I meet for breakfast most Saturday mornings, and while we are eating we solve many of the world’s problems. Last Saturday, the topic was the sequester. How does [...]
A Review Of Lincoln
I just saw the Lincoln movie and read Bill O’Reilly’s Killing Lincoln. Thousands of books and movies have been written about him—more than any other human being. The movie is [...]
A Review of R. A. Dickey’s Wherever I Wind Up
R. A. Dickey’s story is an inspiration that great books and movies are made of — a person from humble beginnings in the pursuit of perfection. For those living under [...]
Coming Apart: The State of White America
David Brooks of the NY Times writes, “I’ll be shocked if there is another book this year as important as Charles Murray’s Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010. [...]
Grand Design or Benevolent Creator?
When did the universe begin? Why is there something rather than nothing? Why are the laws of nature so finely tuned? Is this “Grand Design” evidence of a Benevolent Creator? [...]
Compassion of a Navy Seal
President Obama isn’t the only one who got a numbers bump from the recent killing of Osama bin Laden. Books about Navy Seals have been flying off the shelves. One [...]
Book Review: The Social Animal
Today’s Machining World Archives June 2011 Volume 07 Issue 05 By Jerry Levine David Brooks has spent 30 years studying the brain and how it functions both physically and emotionally. [...]
Book Review: Monsoon
Monsoon by Robert Kaplan is a superb book about India, another Third World country (not China) that is flying into the 21st century. Kaplan believes that during this century the [...]
Book Review: Monsoon
By Jerry Levine Today’s Machining World Archives May 2011 Volume 07 Issue 04 Monsoon by Robert Kaplan is a superb book about India, another Third World country (not China) that [...]
Documentary Review: “The Tenth Inning”
Today’s Machining World Archives March 2011 Volume 07 Issue 02 By Jerry Levine Spring is coming, the time when young men’s hearts turn to what else—baseball. This magical game, invented [...]