I am here to give you back your future. Human flourishing in the coming post-liberal West. The hour is late, and Moloch is within the gates. Foundationalism. Reality-focused writings, often on history and politics.
Episodes
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
Thursday Nov 14, 2019
A dense, but very worthwhile, set of ruminations not on our age of digital distraction, but on how the Enlightenment destroyed our connection to the real. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Monday Nov 11, 2019
Monday Nov 11, 2019
The history and inevitability of economic inequality, with thoughts on whether and in what circumstances it's bad, from me, not the author. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Friday Nov 08, 2019
Friday Nov 08, 2019
Thoughts on an often-misunderstood book, José Ortega y Gasset's classic The Revolt of the Masses. (The written version of this review was first published March 24, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Monday Nov 04, 2019
Thoughts on Daymond John's excellent "Rise And Grind," and on how you can be rich like me. (The written version of this review was first published April 30, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Saturday Nov 02, 2019
Saturday Nov 02, 2019
Reviewed John Farrell's biography of Richard Nixon, which brings the man back to life, and shows us the parallels between him and Donald Trump, or at least between the Left's treatment of both. (The written version of this review was first published April 26, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Friday Nov 01, 2019
Thoughts on Martin Mosebach's The 21, exploring the best known, but far from only, Coptic martyrs, whose deaths, of course, are only part of a larger pattern displayed daily. (The written version of this review was first published April 23, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Monday Oct 28, 2019
Thoughts on Quillette, ally in the wars to come. (The written version of this review was first published April 20, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Friday Oct 25, 2019
Friday Oct 25, 2019
Rusty Reno's new book is good enough, but too narrow in its vision, even cramped. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Thursday Oct 24, 2019
Francisco Franco's body may have been exhumed by his enemies today, but they cannot destroy his example, of a successful defense against, and total defeat of, the Left. That example deserves to be better known, for it will doubtless prove useful soon (which is why the Left is desperate to suppress the truth about Franco). (The written version of this review was first published April 16, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Saturday Oct 19, 2019
Saturday Oct 19, 2019
This new biography of Alexander not only offers nothing new, despite its breathless title, but tiresomely tries to shoehorn modern concepts into the past. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)