The Fall of Richard Nixon: A Reporter Remembers Watergate (book review)

“I have never heard or seen such outrageous, vicious, distorted reporting in twenty-seven years of public life.” – The President “I believe the time has come to bring that investigation and the other investigations of this matter to an end. ‘One year of xxx is enough!’” – The President “My research assistant had canvassed prominent constitutional scholars, and the consensus …

Target 100: the World’s Simplest Weight-Loss Program in 6 Easy Steps (book review)

“Another diet book?” That was my initial impression when coming across Liz Josefsberg’s “Target 100: the World’s Simplest Weight-Loss Program in 6 Easy Steps”. I’ve been on various diets over the years and I had settled on Weight Watchers as being the most effective for me. Still I struggle with maintaining a healthy weight, and the author’s simple approach appealed …

13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do (book review)

What caught my eye when I was considering reading Amy Morin’s “13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do” was (1) the title and (2) these chapter headings: CHAPTER 1 THEY DON’T WASTE TIME FEELING SORRY FOR THEMSELVESCHAPTER 2 THEY DON’T GIVE AWAY THEIR POWERCHAPTER 3 THEY DON’T SHY AWAY FROM CHANGECHAPTER 4 THEY DON’T FOCUS ON THINGS THEY CAN’T CONTROLCHAPTER …

Eight Years to the Moon: The History of the Apollo Missions (book review)

With the 50th anniversary of the successful Apollo 11 moon landing this summer I have been watching every documentary and reading books on this historic event. I’ve always been fascinated by the space program (I reviewed the book American Moonshot on this blog earlier this year). Yet the best material I have found on the Apollo program and the moon …

Daniel Graham at the Denver Broncos Quarterback Club

Daniel Graham’s stellar career as a tight end at the University of Colorado and later the NFL almost didn’t happen.”In my freshman year in high school I played football for the first time,” Daniel told a full house at today’s Denver Broncos Quarterback Club luncheon. “I hated it! I quit football after that year,” Daniel said. Lucky for the University …

Braving the Wilderness: the Quest for True Belonging & the Courage to Stand Alone (book review)

“What would people think?” is a refrain I heard often in my youth when I wanted to try something daring. And as much as I hate to admit it, that phrase still holds me back sometimes many years later. I’m not the only one. Best selling author Brené Brown writes in her book Braving the Wilderness on her struggle with …