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When Army Staff Sergeant Eric Maddox arrived in Iraq he had never interrogated a prisoner. Five months later he left with the DIA Director’s Award, the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star, and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement for his key role in the capture of Saddam Hussein. Not only did he do that, […]
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Buffett cancels annual event with biographer Author of detailed Buffett book says he has ended annual event and distanced himself from her OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Billionaire Warren Buffett worked closely with Alice Schroeder during the five years that she researched his life story, but the author says her relationship with the investor has cooled […]
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According to Morningstar, best CEO in 2008 was Warren Buffett. Way to go out on a limb! Investors can learn a lot from studying Buffett’s actions, but his decisions to stay on the sidelines are also notable. Indeed, he steered Berkshire Hathaway from many of the temptations that have caused competitors to crash and burn […]
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Alice Schroeder has scored one of the most coveted assignments in financial journalism, writing the first authorized biography of the world’s greatest investor and one of its richest men, Warren Buffett. This is an incredible score, especially considering Schroeder is not a journalist but a noted insurance industry analyst and former managing director at Morgan […]
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It was a pleasure to speak with author Amity Shlaes Sunday night on Pundit Review Radio. Ms. Shlaes is a syndicated columnist for Bloomberg and a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations. She has written a tremendous book, The Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression. Given the current financial crisis […]
It was great to speak with T.J. English, author of Havana Nocturne: How the Mob Owned Cuba and Then Lost It to the Revolution. I started by asking T.J. what went into researching a book like this. We then got right into the incredible story of the mob in Havana. “[An] excellent new book.… [English] […]
One of our favorite guests is retired Lt. Col Ralph Peters. He has a fantastic new book out that I highly recommend. Looking For Trouble: Adventures in a Broken World As the U.S. Army’s chosen troubleshooter before he took off his uniform to write, Peters saw the greatest international dramas of our times and the […]
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