Episodes

Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Tuesday Oct 08, 2019
Reviewed David Reich's "Who We Are and How We Got Here," in which the author threads the needle on controversial topics. (The written version of this review was first published April 11, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Life in a Medieval City (Frances Gies and Joseph Gies)
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Sunday Oct 06, 2019
Reviewed the Gies's "Life in a Medieval City," which shows, roughly, that oppression theories are myths, and life in the thirteenth century wasn't, when boiled down, all that different from now. (The written version of this review was first published April 10, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Friday Oct 04, 2019
The True Believer: Thoughts on the Nature of Mass Movements (Eric Hoffer)
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Friday Oct 04, 2019
Reviewed Eric Hoffer's famous "The True Believer." It does not deserve to be famous. (The written version of this review was first published April 8, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Monday Sep 30, 2019
Monday Sep 30, 2019
Reviewed, with thoughts, Michael Anton's excellent set of "Flight 93" essays. He pulls his punches a bit, I think, but a more concise explanation of our current problems would be hard to find. (The written version of this review was first published April 7, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Wednesday Sep 25, 2019
Read Mark Miodownik's's very good Liquid Rules. Mostly what I have to say is about flight attendants and Islam, which are both obviously connected to the subject matter of this book. (The written version of this review was first published April 5, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Monday Sep 23, 2019
Bronze Age Mindset (Bronze Age Pervert)
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Monday Sep 23, 2019
Thoughts on “Bronze Age Mindset” by the pseudonymous Bronze Age Pervert. Clever and subversive; more than meets the eye. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

Saturday Sep 21, 2019
The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition (Jonathan Tepper)
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Saturday Sep 21, 2019
Reviewed Jonathan Tepper's nicely done entry in the pro-competition genre, (The written version of this review was first published February 27, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Friday Sep 20, 2019
The Samurai (Shūsaku Endō)
Friday Sep 20, 2019
Friday Sep 20, 2019
A change of pace, from modern politics to seventeenth-century Japan, and to eternal, rather than transitory, things. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
Wednesday Sep 18, 2019
We talk about the eerie prescience of, and current application of, this classic jeremiad from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, prophet of his age. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

Monday Sep 16, 2019
Monday Sep 16, 2019
An oral history of the ultra-talented Warren Zevon, warts and all.
The written version of this review can be found here.
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