Tag: Blogging Community
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American Lion Review — Andrew Jackson, Populism, and the Rise of Presidential Power
Reading Time: 4 minutesA thoughtful review of American Lion by Jon Meacham, exploring how Andrew Jackson transformed the presidency through populism, executive power, and political combat while leaving behind one of the most controversial legacies in American history.
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Daily Writing Prompt 13-Sep: What’s the Longest Trip You’ve Ever Taken?
Reading Time: < 1 minute `My longest trip was to Brazil: nearly 24 hours of travel and, once, a two-month stay that blurred the line between work and vacation.`
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Coffee with Kevin Weekly Reflections on Life, Work, and Everything Else
Reading Time: 3 minutes Watching all ten seasons of Friends sent me down memory lane, reminding me why this show was so funny, brilliant, and surprisingly hard to say goodbye to.
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Weekend Picks Ideas For Your Weekend – Netflix Top 10 NY Times Best Sellers & a Book Review by Kevin
Reading Time: 6 minutes Netflix’s Top 10 in the U.S. and Brazil, the latest New York Times best sellers, and Kevin’s honest take on American Lion.
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Daily Writing Prompt 10-Sep: How Does Your Mindset Affect Your Financial Success?
Reading Time: < 1 minute Financial success isn’t always about accumulating wealth. Sometimes it’s having enough, enjoying life, accepting what you can’t change, and being happy.
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The Founders’ Greatest Moral Contradiction: Liberty, Slavery, and the Cost of Compromise
Reading Time: 5 minutesAmerica’s Founders created a nation dedicated to liberty while permitting slavery. Was that compromise necessary, or its greatest moral contradiction?
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The History and Creation of Christ the Redeemer
Reading Time: 2 minutesChrist the Redeemer towers over Rio de Janeiro. Explore the history, design, engineering and construction of Brazil’s iconic landmark on Corcovado.
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Daily Writing Prompt 8-Sep: Have you ever regretted reading a book — which one and why?
Reading Time: < 1 minute My brutally honest review of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged: 1,300 pages of philosophy, repetition, cardboard characters, and misery.
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My Gripe: The Pool That Nobody Can Use
Reading Time: 2 minutes A pool that nobody can use, full of water and still being maintained. Kevin’s latest gripe about building repairs, bureaucracy, and logic.