The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)

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 .)

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 .)

Today we offer thoughts about a contemporaneous attack on the "harm principle" of that avatar of Enlightenment and progressive thought, John Stuart Mill.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)

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

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.)

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 .)

Today we talk about Vikings, real Vikings, with an emphasis on history but, as usual, some thoughts on today.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)

A more-or-less complete set of thoughts on what should be done with respect to social media, both in regard to nonpartisan problems created by social media platforms, and with regard to the suppression of conservative speech by the Lords of Tech.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)

Thoughts, for Independence Day no less, on how the government by elitist bureaucracy we have today conflicts with the vision of the Founders and with natural right, and what my political program, Foundationalism, will offer instead.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)

Today we offer not a book review, but an analysis, of communitarianism—a perennial political idea that has recently received fresh attention.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)

Stepping away from the hurly-burly of current events, today we talk about a core, yet obscure, Christian doctrine.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)

A throwback today, that is not really a throwback.  Thoughts from, and thoughts about, Carl Schmitt, reality-based master of the philosophy of enmity, in his book Theory of the Partisan.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)

Our thoughts on the manifesto offered by Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang, who offers a mix of insane fantasy and moderately interesting ideas.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)

Structural engineering, and what it produces, is fascinating, though Built, by Roma Agrawal, is marred by ideological distortions.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)

Too often we forget, or are made to forget, the evils of Communism.  Here, we discuss a memoir that acts as a corrective, Escaping the Russian Bear, by Kristina von Rosenvinge.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)

Today we offer thoughts on the working class, in Britain and America, through the lens of Hired, by James Bloodworth.  (The written version of this review can be found here .)