The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)

A compelling, perhaps prescient, work about future American glory. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/07/09/red-state-mars-travis-corcoran/). This article was first published at  Frontier ; you should subscribe! We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You can also subscribe for email notifi...

A famous, but somewhat strange, book from 1979.  Of the decline of American society from the perspective of fifty years ago. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/05/16/the-culture-of-narcissism-american-life-in-an-age-of-diminishing-expectations-christopher-lasch/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworth...

An excellent examination of ancient Persia, in its relations with the Roman Republic and Empire, with lessons for today's dumb war against Iran, that is, Persia. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/04/27/rome-and-persia-the-seven-hundred-year-rivalry-adrian-goldsworthy/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.t...

Carl Schmitt's detailed thoughts, after World War II, about the collapse of the pre-World War I order, and what might replace it--not that anything has yet, which is why the globe exists in disorder. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/04/13/the-nomos-of-the-earth-in-the-international-law-of-the-jus-publicum-europaeum-carl-schmitt/). We strongly en...

An insightful, and infuriating, analysis of the forced decline of the profession of trucking, and what might be done about it. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/03/17/end-of-the-road-inside-the-war-on-truckers-gord-magill/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You can also subscribe fo...

A voluminous history of the Percy family, who ruled the North of England for five hundred years. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/03/04/kings-in-the-north-the-house-of-percy-in-british-history-alexander-rose/). The PDF is here: https://theworthyhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/TOMWED1.pdf We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our m...

The first book from the estimable Theodore Judson, author of Fitzpatrick's War. An evocative study of a simple man's life, lived with honor in the face of adversity.  Nearly impossible to find, but below is a link to an (authorized) PDF.  The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/01/30/tom-wedderburns-life-theodore-judson/). The PDF is here: https://thew...

A cogent, insightful examination of how concentrations of economic power, primarily tech power, erode the stability of our society while enriching an unaccountable parasite class. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2026/01/02/the-age-of-extraction-how-tech-platforms-conquered-the-economy-and-threaten-our-future-prosperity-tim-wu/). We strongly encourag...

A classic, but often misunderstood, study of Power. Not a libertarian manifesto, nor any endorsement of so-called classical liberalism. And contrary to myth, not a rejection of the ability of populism to effect regime change. Rather, a total repudiation of democracy, and an endorsement of aristocratic rule governed by natural law. The written version of this review can be found here (https://thewo...

A clinical examination of the death of the Left, of "Enlightenment" liberalism, and of what comes next. The written version of this review can be found here ( https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/12/08/the-collapse-of-global-liberalism-and-the-emergence-of-the-post-liberal-world-order-philip-pilkington/ ). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com )....

Why and how you should leave a legacy to your family and your society, and against false charity and pernicious modern ideas about inheritance. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/11/24/leaving-a-legacy-inheritance-charity-thousand-year-families-johann-kurtz/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhou...

A bold and insightful, but somewhat flawed, exposition of what is wrong with the modern world, and what to do about it. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/11/12/against-the-machine-on-the-unmaking-of-humanity-paul-kingsnorth/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You can also subscribe...

An exploration of Near Death Experiences, including his own, from a man who has often explored the many aspects of human nature. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/09/30/in-my-time-of-dying-how-i-came-face-to-face-with-the-idea-of-an-afterlife-sebastian-junger/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthy...

Of a man often misunderstood by Americans, whose life offers valuable lessons for the coming time of national renewal. Bonus content about insane Indian ethnonarcissism! The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/09/22/cornwallis-soldier-and-statesman-in-a-revolutionary-world-richard-middleton/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main si...

A new collection of crucial writings from the fantastic Paul Gottfried. And of the future of Left and Right. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/08/22/the-essential-paul-gottfried-essays-from-1984-2024-paul-gottfried/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You can also subscribe for email...

A complete analysis of the turbulent near future of the regime which, for a short while longer, rules the United Kingdom, through the lens of the end of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/08/18/on-the-united-kingdom-and-1989-eastern-europe-as-harbinger/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main...

A semi-famous work of fiction about a failed life, with lessons about how you, too, can be a failure if you don't act like a man. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/07/21/stoner-john-williams/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhouse.com ). You can also subscribe for email notifications . The Wor...

A competent brief history of medieval English peasantry, unfortunately distorted and largely ruined by rancid feminist bias. The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/06/17/a-medieval-life-cecilia-penifader-and-the-world-of-english-peasants-before-the-plague-judith-m-bennett/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.t...

An interesting study of the life of seamen in the age of sail, and of why Churchill was partially wrong about "rum, sodomy, and the lash." The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/06/06/sons-of-the-waves-the-common-seaman-in-the-heroic-age-of-sail-stephen-taylor/). We strongly encourage all listeners to bookmark our main site ( https://www.theworthyhous...

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...