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AUTHORS OF THE YALE CLASS OF 1952
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Daniel Callahan, Angela A. Wasunna, Medicine and the Market"- Equity vs. Choice
Johns Hopkins University Press, 2006.

There is widespread agreement that American health care needs reform, buffeted by a growing number of uninsured and an unsustainable growth of costs. A central part of the debate on reform centers on the role of government versus that of the private sector. Many people want a much stronger government role, while others (Including the Bush administration) want a larger market-oriented role. My book looks at this debate from both an American and International angle, trying to determine which kinds of health care systems provide good health care at an affordable price. I end by voting for the European universal care policies as the best

Joseph Callo, John Paul Jones, America's. First Sea Warrior, Naval Institute Press, 2006.

Rather than looking at the mostly misunderstood John Paul Jones in a rear view mirror, this book illuminates how Jones is linked to America's present and future. As a result John Paul Jones: America's First Sea Warrior is a sea saga about a self-trained naval officer that tells us much that is relevant to our own lives and times. This book examines Jones' astonishing naval achievements, not as stand-alone events but in the context of their critical impact on the outcome of the American Revolution. A British reviewer went so far as to say: "This is a gripping and heroic story straight out of the pages of Homer."

A new look at the best known and least understood American naval hero, who was also a key player in the American Revolution . "... gives readers a deeper understanding and better appreciation of this remarkable American Patriot." "... the first American naval hero to exemplify the modern Navy's ideals of honor, courage and commitment." "... singles out the points of decision that defined Jones's life and career."

The following citation accompanied the prestigious Samuel Eliot Morison Award, which was presented to Joe Callo in 2006:

2006 Samuel Eliot Morison Award *
John Paul Jones: America's First Sea Warrior by Joseph F. Callo
Naval Institute Press, March 2006

This is a new and different view of one of the American Revolution's best known and least understood naval heroes. With an insightful view of John Paul Jones's astonishing life, the author advances him beyond a narrow naval context and establishes him firmly as a key player in the War of Independence. His dramatic military achievements—including his improbable victory off Flamborough Head, England in the Continental Ship Bonhomme Richard—are related in the full context of his times, rather than as stand-alone events.

The question of what drove Jones to his achievements is addressed fully, and the author's view is very different from that of Jones's early myth-building biographers as well as that of today's deconstructionist writers.

This penetrating new look at Jones also focuses on several interesting, lesser known aspects of his naval career. His relationship with such civilian leaders as Franklin is an example. How Jones handled those often difficult dealings helped form our nation's concept of civilian control of the military. Another often neglected aspect of Jones's career that gets attention and analysis is his brief tour in the Russian navy of Catherine the Great. That revealing chapter of his career, at a time when there was no active Continental Navy command for him, has been generally under reported in the 200 years since Jones's death. Perhaps the most valuable feature of this book is that, instead of looking at Jones in a rear view mirror, the author illuminates how this unique naval hero is linked to our present and future. As a result, he has given us a sea saga that can tell us much about our own lives and times.

* The Samuel Eliot Morison Award for excellence in naval literature is given by the Naval Order of the United States. It is named for the noted educator, historian and Pulitzer Prize winning author.

George F. Dole"Freedom and Evil: A Pilgrim's Guide to Hell", Swedenborg Foundation, 2001.


The book covers quite a lot of theological ground, but its basic premise is that the picture of a hell in which we are punished for our evils betrays a belief that evil could be great if it weren't for the fact that we're going to get caught. Turn this around a bit and it's telling us that we are quite capable of choosing evil because we enjoy it, and therefore quite capable of choosing hell. The real problem is that evil is bad for us here, now, and forever.


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