Book Reviews

REVIEW Part II: The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers

By John E. Wade II / December 11, 2015 / Comments Off on REVIEW Part II: The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers

The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers By Paul Polak and Mal Walwick Review By John E. Wade II Part II Paul Polak, one of this book’s authors, wrote, Out of Poverty.  In it he explained how a market-driven nonprofit organization he founded in 1981, “…had lifted 17 million rural…

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REVIEW Part I: The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers

By John E. Wade II / December 4, 2015 / Comments Off on REVIEW Part I: The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers

The Business Solution to Poverty: Designing Products and Services for Three Billion Customers By Paul Polak and Mal Walwick Review By John E. Wade II Part I This is a book that cries out to those of all ages who want meaning and purpose in their life.  The goal is simple—bring out of poverty those…

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REVIEW Part I : How Republicans can WIN in a Changing America

By John E. Wade II / November 20, 2015 / Comments Off on REVIEW Part I : How Republicans can WIN in a Changing America

How Republicans can WIN in a Changing America: The Art of War with Lesson Plans By S. J. Helgesen and V. Lance Tarrance Book Review By John E. Wade II PART I This is an extremely well written, concise, and realistic book that I highly recommend to all fellow Republicans, as well as anyone else who would like to…

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REVIEW Part V: The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America

By John E. Wade II / November 13, 2015 / Comments Off on REVIEW Part V: The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America

The Debt Bomb:  A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America by U. S. Senator Tom A. Coburn, M. D.  Review by John E. Wade II Part V The Solution Governor Romney and President Reagan were superb professionals in the finest sense.  I see in Governor Romney the deep intelligence and motivation that President Reagan…

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REVIEW Part IV: The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America

By John E. Wade II / November 6, 2015 / Comments Off on REVIEW Part IV: The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America

The Debt Bomb:  A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America by U. S. Senator Tom A. Coburn, M. D.  Review by John E. Wade II Part IV The Solution When writing about Obamacare Senator Coburn quotes P. J. O’Rourke, “If you think healthcare is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when…

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REVIEW Part II: The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America

By John E. Wade II / October 23, 2015 / Comments Off on REVIEW Part II: The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America

The Debt Bomb:  A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America by U. S. Senator Tom A. Coburn, M. D.  Review by John E. Wade II Part II Around the world Senator Coburn and I see the fall of the “International Welfare State,” including Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Ireland and Japan—all in “serious risk of…

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REVIEW Part I: The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America

By John E. Wade II / October 16, 2015 / Comments Off on REVIEW Part I: The Debt Bomb: A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America

The Debt Bomb:  A Bold Plan to Stop Washington from Bankrupting America by U. S. Senator Tom A. Coburn, M. D.  Review by John E. Wade II Part I In this powerful book Sen. Coburn does more than point out our nation’s enormous debt, deficit, entitlement and tax problems, but concludes by offering suggestions to solve…

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REVIEW Part II: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

By John E. Wade II / October 9, 2015 / Comments Off on REVIEW Part II: The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

The Audacity of Hope:  Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Senator Barrack Obama Review by John E. Wade II Part II The choice now before the American people is between President Obama—who lacks academic, serious business experience, and success with our nation’s economy—and Governor Romney.  The governor earned a Bachelor of Arts in English Literature…

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REVIEW Part I : The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

By John E. Wade II / October 2, 2015 / Comments Off on REVIEW Part I : The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

The Audacity of Hope:  Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream by Senator Barack Obama Review by John E. Wade II PART I What is most revealing in the then-senator’s 2006 book is what is not written in its 352 pages.  The book is filled with anecdotes, demographics, reminiscences, questions and opinions, yet nowhere does the author…

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India: Excerpts from World Order

By John E. Wade II / July 15, 2015 / Comments Off on India: Excerpts from World Order

Review by and Comments by John E. Wade II Kissinger writes, “No mythic founder has been credited with promulgating the Hindu tradition, India’s majority faith and the wellspring of several others.” India has a population of about 1.252 billion (2013). According to Wikipedia the Hindu population is about 1.029 billion (2001 census). The Muslim number…

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