Ranked #1
Bronze Age Mindset (Bronze Age Pervert)
Bronze Age Mindset (Bronze Age Pervert)
Thoughts on “Bronze Age Mindset” by the pseudonymous Bronze Age Pervert. Clever and subversive; more than meets the eye.... Read more
23 Sep 2019
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35mins
Ranked #2
On Francisco Franco
On Francisco Franco
Francisco Franco's body may have been exhumed by his enemies today, but they cannot destroy his example, of a successful... Read more
24 Oct 2019
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1hr 33mins
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Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World (Laura Spinney)
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A year ago, I offered thoughts on the next pandemic, in particular its possible effects on society and the reaction of t... Read more
1 Feb 2020
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Ranked #4
The Collapse of Complex Societies (Joseph A. Tainter)
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A book with some interesting points, but extremely narrow and deliberately self-blinkered. (The written version of this ... Read more
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Ranked #5
The Great Transformation: The Political and Economic Origins of Our Time (Karl Polanyi)
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I thought this book was be good; I was wrong. Free market fundamentalism is bad, to be sure, but what Karl Polanyi offer... Read more
26 Dec 2019
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Ranked #6
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Yuval Noah Harari)
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Today we review, and as always comment on matters related to, Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, by Yuval Noah Harar... Read more
27 May 2019
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Ranked #7
Theory of the Partisan: Intermediate Commentary on the Concept of the Political (Carl Schmitt)
Theory of the Partisan: Intermediate Commentary on the Concept of the Political (Carl Schmitt)
A throwback today, that is not really a throwback. Thoughts from, and thoughts about, Carl Schmitt, reality-based maste... Read more
21 Jun 2019
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Ranked #8
Christ the Conqueror of Hell: The Descent into Hades from an Orthodox Perspective (Hilarion Alfeyev)
Christ the Conqueror of Hell: The Descent into Hades from an Orthodox Perspective (Hilarion Alfeyev)
Stepping away from the hurly-burly of current events, today we talk about a core, yet obscure, Christian doctrine. (The... Read more
28 Jun 2019
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Ranked #9
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory (Alasdair MacIntyre)
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Thoughts on a dense classic. (The written version of this review was first published February 23, 2019. Written versions... Read more
13 Sep 2019
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The New Right: A Journey to the Fringe of American Politics (Michael Malice)
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Discussion of an anarchist's view of a section of the fringe Right—not the fringe worth talking about, unfortunately. (... Read more
27 Jul 2019
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Ranked #11
The Throne of Adulis: Red Sea Wars on the Eve of Islam (G. W. Bowersock)
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Thoughts about obscure conflicts from fourteen hundred years ago, and what they tell us of today. (The written version o... Read more
9 Mar 2020
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Ranked #12
The Power of the Powerless (Václav Havel)
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Václav Havel's famous essay, born of a specific time and place, resonates decades later in our own proto-totalitarian so... Read more
3 Jan 2020
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Ranked #13
The Captive Mind (Czeslaw Milosz)
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Yet another classic work that is, unfortunately, just as relevant today. (The written version of this review, in web, PD... Read more
5 Dec 2019
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Ranked #14
Craeft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Traditional Crafts (Alexander Langlands)
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Today we review, and as always comment on matters related to, Craeft: An Inquiry Into the Origins and True Meaning of Tr... Read more
26 May 2019
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Ranked #15
Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Graham Allison)
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An exploration of the supposed Grand Master's mostly banal thoughts. Also of multiculturalism, wine aunts, and our own f... Read more
9 Feb 2020
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Ranked #16
Why Liberalism Failed (Patrick J. Deneen)
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Thoughts, from two years ago now, on Patrick Deneen's seminal work, the first major work of post-liberalism in the moder... Read more
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Ranked #17
Return of the Strong Gods: Nationalism, Populism, and the Future of the West (R. R. Reno)
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Rusty Reno's new book is good enough, but too narrow in its vision, even cramped. (The written version of this review, ... Read more
25 Oct 2019
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Ranked #18
On Quillette
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28 Oct 2019
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Ranked #19
On the Subjective Mental State of Liberals
On the Subjective Mental State of Liberals
Some thoughts on how liberals view the world, derived in part from the New York Times's podcast, “The Argument.” (The wr... Read more
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Ranked #20
Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy (Jonah Goldberg)
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Peerless NeverTrumper Jonah Goldberg instructs us how to view the world. (The written version of this review was first p... Read more
16 Jan 2020
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26mins