Episodes
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
The Orthodox Church: An Introduction to Eastern Christianity (Timothy Ware)
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
Wednesday Mar 17, 2021
On a classic introductory work on Eastern Orthodoxy, with thoughts on Orthodoxy's relation to the West, especially the Crusades, and to the modern Turks. (The written version of this review was first published August 18, 2018. Written versions are available here.)
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
Saturday Mar 13, 2021
From 2018, but both my core predictions here, that history will return (even if it returned in 2020 as clown show), and that the deplatforming of conservatives from social media was just beginning, have been fully borne out. (The written version of this review was first published August 8, 2018. Written versions are available here.)
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
The Recovery of Family Life: Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies (Scott Yenor)
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
Wednesday Mar 10, 2021
An examination of the pernicious ideology of feminism, and of what can and should be done to combat it by future rulers. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Dark Emu (Bruce Pascoe)
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Wednesday Mar 03, 2021
Of Australia, Australian cultural politics, and the ludicrous racial-religious cult surrounding Australia's first inhabitants. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
Friday Feb 26, 2021
From Plato To NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents (David Gress)
Friday Feb 26, 2021
Friday Feb 26, 2021
A hugely erudite work of historiography, in my thoughts about which I also explain my admiration for Hernán Cortes, man of glory and contradiction, and what is necessary for a restoration of Western achievement. (The written version of this review was first published August 7, 2018. Written versions are available here.)
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
On the Brawndo Tyranny
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
Tuesday Feb 23, 2021
A discussion of the tyranny under which we now live, combined with thoughts on what to do about it, primarily through the lens of analyzing the CDC's orders on evictions and masks, along with the proposed Emmett Till Antilynching Act. (The written version of this analysis can be found here.)
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die (Tom Gallagher)
Monday Feb 15, 2021
Monday Feb 15, 2021
A detailed analysis of a successful Right authoritarian leader, the largely-forgotten António Salazar, who should not be forgotten. And, of course, my own thoughts, in this case on corporatism as a political system, both in general and as possibly applied to a remade America. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter (Scott Adams)
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Friday Feb 12, 2021
Although my opinion of Scott Adams has gone up since I wrote this in 2018, due to his firm basis in reality and willingness to stand by it, I didn't like this book, or how Adams portrayed himself in it. (The written version of this review was first published August 5, 2018. Written versions are available here.)
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Kissinger: 1923–1968: The Idealist (Niall Ferguson)
Monday Feb 08, 2021
Monday Feb 08, 2021
A voluminous and magisterial, yet largely boring, historical analysis of a man who is already being forgotten. (The written version of this review can be found here.)
Friday Feb 05, 2021
On Equality and Liberty as Ultimate Ends
Friday Feb 05, 2021
Friday Feb 05, 2021
In which I explain how the Left harmonizes simultaneous demands for both total liberty and total equality, and I also discuss the limitations of even equality of opportunity, as well as of liberty, in a decent post-liberal society. (The written version of this review was first published August 4, 2018. Written versions are available here.)