The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)

Of empire, democracy, and mixed government, through the prism of one of the greatest Fathers of the Church. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/05/22/john-chrysostom-on-the-roman-empire-a-study-on-the-political-thought-of-the-early-church-constantine-bozinis/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhou...

An exhaustive study of the construction of the St. Petersburg-Moscow Railway, written by my father. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/04/11/russia-enters-the-railway-age-1842-1855-richard-mowbray-haywood/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You can also subscribe for email notificati...

Of Sam Colt, who made all men equal, yet found little happiness, it seems, in doing so. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/03/31/revolver-sam-colt-and-the-six-shooter-that-changed-america-jim-rasenberger/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You can also subscribe for email notificatio...

A competent history of the Kurdish warlord Saladin, and his battles against Christians in the Holy Land. And of modern distorted and false views of his works. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/03/11/the-life-and-legend-of-the-sultan-saladin-jonathan-phillips/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyh...

Christopher Lasch's famous exposition of the false claims of progress, and of what the alternatives are to an unthinking slavish devotion to "progress." A book that was before its time in 1991, but the moment of which may have come. The written version of this review can be found here ( https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/03/04/the-true-and-only-heaven-progress-and-its-critics-christopher-lasch/ ). We...

A classic work about religion, law, and governance in pre-history, and how those structures formed the Greece and Rome we know. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/02/18/the-ancient-city-numa-denis-fustel-de-coulanges/). We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.thewort...

Why the golden calf of Gross Domestic Product should be rejected as a measure of America's flourishing. The written version of this review was first published in The American Mind, and can be found  here (https://americanmind.org/salvo/golden-calf-of-the-grand-old-party/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.thewo...

The second volume in Ronald Hutton's trilogy biography of Oliver Cromwell.  And of how England could sure use a new Cromwell as of this moment. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/02/03/oliver-cromwell-commander-in-chief-ronald-hutton/). We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( ht...

Of the life and death of the Leviathan state of Thomas Hobbes, and much else besides, as always with Carl Schmitt, including how the end of that state led to the administrative/managerial state and the triumph of destructive, soulless technique. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/01/29/the-leviathan-in-the-state-theory-of-thomas-hobbes-meaning-and...

Of empires and their fall, and whether America can or should remain an empire, or become just a nation again. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/01/21/the-martian-generals-daughter-theodore-judson/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You ca...

Of the Red Stick War of 1813, and of the American Indian, past and future. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/12/28/a-brutal-reckoning-andrew-jackson-the-creek-indians-and-the-epic-war-for-the-american-south-peter-cozzens/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.the...

A complete analysis of private justice, both in the abstract and in the circumstances in which Americans today find ourselves. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/12/16/on-private-justice/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You can also sub...

An examination of Russian Orthodoxy in modern Russia, and of what that implies for the future of Russia. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/12/03/holy-rus-the-rebirth-of-orthodoxy-in-the-new-russia-john-p-burgess/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhou...

A detailed analysis of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, the only armed revolt against Soviet Communism, and one nearly successful, as well as both wholly-spontaneous and unplanned.  And, no surprise, of what lessons can be found in it for us in 2024 America. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/11/19/on-the-1956-hungarian-revolution/) We strongly enco...

A complete predictive analysis of the coming days and months. This was written in June, but only published now, and has held up 100% so far! The written version of this review can be found at Man's World magazine,  here (https://mansworldmag.online/on-the-left-as-scorpion/). You should check out Man's World, in whose pages I have appeared several times, if you have not already done so. It is highl...

The latest book by the excellent Sean McMeekin--a survey of Communist theory and thought, with surprising-to-some conclusions about the rebirth of Communism in the present day. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/10/03/to-overthrow-the-world-the-rise-and-fall-and-rise-of-communism-sean-mcmeekin/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship a...

A unique history of an episode that has been deliberately memory-holed:  the massive Left violence in the 1970s, directed at catalyzing a revolution in America. And, as always, what that history means for today. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/09/04/days-of-rage-americas-radical-underground-the-fbi-and-the-forgotten-age-of-revolutionary-violenc...

From a scion of Europe's most famous family, rules for life in the present, and in the future. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/08/14/the-habsburg-way-seven-rules-for-turbulent-times-eduard-habsburg/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). Yo...

The definitive analysis of whether the Right should engage in "cancellation" of our enemies. You're welcome. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/07/30/on-cancellation-and-the-use-of-power/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You can also sub...

How and why we came to live under a suffocating tyranny, and what can be done about it. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/07/17/the-total-state-how-liberal-democracies-become-tyrannies-auron-macintyre/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). Y...

Of entrepreneurship, and great men, and achievement. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/06/25/life-on-the-line-a-chefs-story-of-chasing-greatness-facing-death-and-redefining-the-way-we-eat-grant-achatz/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). Y...

Why political nostalgia is destructive, and the attitudes we should foster instead. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/06/19/against-nostalgia/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You can also subscribe for email notifications . The Worthy...

A book of history which implicates the future, in particular fueling thoughts of what a revolutionary Right in America might look like. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/06/12/fascism-the-career-of-a-concept-paul-gottfried/) We strongly encourage, in these days of censorship and deplatforming, all readers to bookmark our main site ( https://www.t...

A book whose time has come. How white people in America, persecuted for decades, began to realize they must act as a group to protect and advance their interests, just as every other group already does in America. And how to encourage and manage this process. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/05/16/the-unprotected-class-how-anti-white-racism-is-t...

Of the prince (never king) who, with his iron will and fierce determination, singlehandedly began the Age of Exploration, in which Europe conquered the globe, and thereby created the modern world. And of what his life says for the renewal of our own time. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2024/04/22/prince-henry-the-navigator-a-life-peter-russell/) We...