September 5, 20190Comments

WHAT I’M READING: Saving the Great American Pastime: Bud Selig’s Years in Baseball

Title: For the Good of the Game Subtitle: The Inside Story of the Surprising and Dramatic Transformation of Major Play Baseball By Bud Selig with Phil Rogers (Harper Collins, New York, $28.99, 315

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory on Books

Personal Finance

February 17, 20190Comments

What I’m Reading

Title: “The Madoffs Among Us” Subtitle: “Combat the Scammers, Con Artists and Thieves Who Are Plotting to Steal Your Money” By William M. Francavilla, CFP, (Career Press, Newburyport, Mass, $15.99, 224 pages). If

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory on Sports

February 4, 20190Comments

The Day of the Big Hangover in America: A new national holiday may be on the horizon

This Monday was the “day after” in America; the day after the Super Bowl, the biggest football game and biggest sports event in the nation as well as usually the

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory On...

October 16, 20180Comments

On Immigration—A Qualified Yes: A hot issue that roils millions of Americans.

I am for immigration in principle but with some qualifications. I would like, if possible, to see more people become U.S. citizens. It is an issue that splits tens of millions

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory on History

November 27, 20170Comments

What I Am Reading: The Tragedy of the Reformer Who Came Too Late: Gorbachev, His Life and Times

Author William Taubman (W.W. Norton & Company, New York, 693 pages) This fascinating doorstop biography documents the story of a Shakespearian figure who tried to do the impossible: Transform an evil

by Gregory Bresiger

Gregory on History

August 24, 20170Comments

Inherit the Inaccuracy: The relentless assault on historical accuracy in popular media concoctions that go on and on. Be careful of movies and television that are “doing” history.

Look out for the phrase,“Based on a true story” and other fictions. When I was in high school in the late 1960s we were assigned to read “Inherit the Wind,” a

by Gregory Bresiger

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