The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)

A pause from the concerns of today, to discuss a famous polymath of yesterday.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Thoughts on, and comparisons to, a bleak vision of the human future, that is not meant to be bleak.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Discussion of an exhaustive analysis how the Turks exterminated the country's entire Christian population, an unpleasant topic that nonetheless deserves attention.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

A discussion of a Danish journalist's even-handed look at Hungary today, where we focus less on the usual range of views about Viktor Orbán, and more on the questions of Gypsies and Russia.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Here we talk about how our government would really act in an existential crisis.  Hint: not well.  (The written version of this review was first posted January 10, 2019.)

Discussion of an anarchist's view of a section of the fringe Right—not the fringe worth talking about, unfortunately.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Today we talk about an important book, cutting across political lines in America, though one that falls a bit short in making necessary distinctions.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Everyone talks about conformity; Cass Sunstein tries to break it down and offers useful tools for examining the mechanisms of conformity, when it is good, and when it is bad.  He even succeeds, in part.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Something a bit more personal, since I had a relative who rode for the Pony Express, a brief, but (formerly) iconic episode in American history.  (The written version of this was originally posted January 9, 2019).

Thoughts on Space—of itself, of false myths, and of it as a pillar of Foundationalism.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)