

The Worthy House (Charles Haywood)
Charles Haywood
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.
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Mar 10, 2021 • 30min
The Recovery of Family Life: Exposing the Limits of Modern Ideologies (Scott Yenor)
An examination of the pernicious ideology of feminism, and of what can and should be done to combat it by future rulers. (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Mar 3, 2021 • 27min
Dark Emu (Bruce Pascoe)
Of Australia, Australian cultural politics, and the ludicrous racial-religious cult surrounding Australia's first inhabitants. (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Feb 26, 2021 • 12min
From Plato To NATO: The Idea of the West and Its Opponents (David Gress)
A hugely erudite work of historiography, in my thoughts about which I also explain my admiration for Hernán Cortes, man of glory and contradiction, and what is necessary for a restoration of Western achievement. (The written version of this review was first published August 7, 2018. Written versions are available here.)

Feb 23, 2021 • 1h 6min
On the Brawndo Tyranny
A discussion of the tyranny under which we now live, combined with thoughts on what to do about it, primarily through the lens of analyzing the CDC's orders on evictions and masks, along with the proposed Emmett Till Antilynching Act. (The written version of this analysis can be found here.)

Feb 15, 2021 • 42min
Salazar: The Dictator Who Refused to Die (Tom Gallagher)
A detailed analysis of a successful Right authoritarian leader, the largely-forgotten António Salazar, who should not be forgotten. And, of course, my own thoughts, in this case on corporatism as a political system, both in general and as possibly applied to a remade America. (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Feb 12, 2021 • 15min
Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don’t Matter (Scott Adams)
Although my opinion of Scott Adams has gone up since I wrote this in 2018, due to his firm basis in reality and willingness to stand by it, I didn't like this book, or how Adams portrayed himself in it. (The written version of this review was first published August 5, 2018. Written versions are available here.)

Feb 8, 2021 • 22min
Kissinger: 1923–1968: The Idealist (Niall Ferguson)
A voluminous and magisterial, yet largely boring, historical analysis of a man who is already being forgotten. (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Feb 5, 2021 • 16min
On Equality and Liberty as Ultimate Ends
In which I explain how the Left harmonizes simultaneous demands for both total liberty and total equality, and I also discuss the limitations of even equality of opportunity, as well as of liberty, in a decent post-liberal society. (The written version of this review was first published August 4, 2018. Written versions are available here.)

Feb 3, 2021 • 24min
Boomers: The Men and Women Who Promised Freedom and Delivered Disaster (Helen Andrews)
A lively evisceration of the worst generation in American history. To know the past is to grasp how to change the future. (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Jan 29, 2021 • 28min
Always with Honor: The Memoirs of General Wrangel (Pyotr Wrangel)
The memoirs of the most successful and most charismatic of the White generals who fought the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War—both fascinating in their own right, and illuminating for us at our own present moment. (The written version of this review can be found here.)


