
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

Aug 31, 2019
Aug 31, 2019
26 min
Wilhelm Röpke's 1960 "A Humane Economy" offered prescriptions for combining free markets with necessary limits. Valuable thoughts in today's flux. (The written version of this review was first published February 3, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Aug 29, 2019
Aug 29, 2019
23 min
Why Venice, interesting of itself, has much to say to us today. (The written version of this review was first published January 31, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Aug 27, 2019

Aug 25, 2019
Aug 25, 2019
9 min
Steve Bannon loves this book. I don't. (The written version of this review was first published January 22, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Aug 23, 2019
Aug 23, 2019
52 min
My generally negative take on the lines of thought that fall under the umbrella of the "Dark Enlightenment." (The written version of this review was first published June 27, 2018. Written versions, in web, PDF and ebook formats, are available here. The web version also contains extensive comments, including responses from me.)

Aug 21, 2019
Aug 21, 2019
22 min
This thirty-year-old book talks of a century of American technological progress that ended twenty years before it was published. What does that century of technological grandeur tell us about today? (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

Aug 18, 2019
Aug 18, 2019
24 min
This classic book, by the protean Ernst Jünger, is often taken to be a libertarian manifesto. That is entirely wrong. (The written version of this review was first published January 21, 2019. Written versions, in web, PDF and ebook formats, are available here.)

Aug 16, 2019

Aug 13, 2019
Aug 13, 2019
23 min
A complete analysis of the controversy surrounding the computer game Battlefield V. (The written version of this review was first posted January 16, 2019.)

Aug 11, 2019
Aug 11, 2019
19 min
This book, Victor Klemperer's book "The Language of the Third Reich," appears to have been taken as instruction manual by a particular group today. (The written version of this review was first published January 11, 2019.)
