Episodes

7 days ago
7 days ago
The second volume in Ronald Hutton's trilogy biography of Oliver Cromwell. And of how England could sure use a new Cromwell as of this moment.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/02/03/oliver-cromwell-commander-in-chief-ronald-hutton/).
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Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Of the life and death of the Leviathan state of Thomas Hobbes, and much else besides, as always with Carl Schmitt, including how the end of that state led to the administrative/managerial state and the triumph of destructive, soulless technique.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/01/29/the-leviathan-in-the-state-theory-of-thomas-hobbes-meaning-and-failure-of-a-political-symbol-carl-schmitt/).
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Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
The Martian General's Daughter (Theodore Judson)
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Tuesday Jan 21, 2025
Of empires and their fall, and whether America can or should remain an empire, or become just a nation again.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/01/21/the-martian-generals-daughter-theodore-judson/)
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Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Of the Red Stick War of 1813, and of the American Indian, past and future.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/12/28/a-brutal-reckoning-andrew-jackson-the-creek-indians-and-the-epic-war-for-the-american-south-peter-cozzens/)
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Monday Dec 16, 2024
On Private Justice
Monday Dec 16, 2024
Monday Dec 16, 2024
A complete analysis of private justice, both in the abstract and in the circumstances in which Americans today find ourselves.
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Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Holy Rus': The Rebirth of Orthodoxy in the New Russia (John P. Burgess)
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
Tuesday Dec 03, 2024
An examination of Russian Orthodoxy in modern Russia, and of what that implies for the future of Russia.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/12/03/holy-rus-the-rebirth-of-orthodoxy-in-the-new-russia-john-p-burgess/)
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Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
On the 1956 Hungarian Revolution
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
Tuesday Nov 19, 2024
A detailed analysis of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the only armed revolt against Soviet Communism, and one nearly successful, as well as both wholly-spontaneous and unplanned. And, no surprise, of what lessons can be found in it for us in 2024 America.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/11/19/on-the-1956-hungarian-revolution/)
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Monday Nov 04, 2024
On the Left as Scorpion: Election and Post-Election Predictions
Monday Nov 04, 2024
Monday Nov 04, 2024
A complete predictive analysis of the coming days and months. This was written in June, but only published now, and has held up 100% so far!
The written version of this review can be found at Man's World magazine, here (https://mansworldmag.online/on-the-left-as-scorpion/). You should check out Man's World, in whose pages I have appeared several times, if you have not already done so. It is highly worthwhile.
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Thursday Oct 03, 2024
To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism (Sean McMeekin)
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
Thursday Oct 03, 2024
The latest book by the excellent Sean McMeekin--a survey of Communist theory and thought, with surprising-to-some conclusions about the rebirth of Communism in the present day.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/10/03/to-overthrow-the-world-the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-communism-sean-mcmeekin/)
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Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
Wednesday Sep 04, 2024
A unique history of an episode that has been deliberately memory-holed: the massive Left violence in the 1970s, directed at catalyzing a revolution in America. And, as always, what that history means for today.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/09/04/days-of-rage-americas-radical-underground-the-fbi-and-the-forgotten-age-of-revolutionary-violence-bryan-burrough/)
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