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Reading lists: From Rufus Wainwright to Warren Buffett, and much much more!

I like the singer Rufus Wainwright, and once enjoyed a show he did with his mother and his sister upstairs in a pub in London.

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I like the singer Rufus Wainwright, and once enjoyed a show he did with his mother and his sister upstairs in a pub in London. I was especially impressed with his favorite book list, because I have started reading almost every one of these books and not been able to finish them.

I like the singer Rufus Wainwright, and once enjoyed a show he did with his mother and his sister upstairs in a pub in London. I was especially impressed with his favorite book list, because I have started reading almost every one of these books and not been able to finish them.

Meantime, this article says to grow rich, you should read lots and work hard. Frankly, it is much easier simply to inherit your billions. But this is probably a good Plan B. In that vein, here are Warren Buffett’s favorites on investing.

And this article on American universities walking away from teaching socially useless military history is also interesting.

Finally, here is the DoD IG report on why it thought Adm. Losey should be bounced. I found it pretty persuasive. Admiral McRaven did not.

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Thomas E. Ricks covered the U.S. military from 1991 to 2008 for the Wall Street Journal and then the Washington Post. He can be reached at ricksblogcomment@gmail.com. Twitter: @tomricks1

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