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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Feb 9, 2020 • 21min
Lee Kuan Yew: The Grand Master’s Insights on China, the United States, and the World (Graham Allison)
An exploration of the supposed Grand Master's mostly banal thoughts. Also of multiculturalism, wine aunts, and our own future. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Feb 7, 2020 • 26min
The Reckless Mind: Intellectuals in Politics (Mark Lilla)
Mark Lilla's polished examination of philotyrannical intellectuals of the twentieth century. (The written version of this review was first published January 14, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Feb 4, 2020 • 16min
Stasiland: Stories from behind the Berlin Wall (Anna Funder)
Of why those who opposed Communism when it ruled are forgotten or dishonored, while those who supported it paid no price (yet). (The written version of this review was first published January 13, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Feb 1, 2020 • 17min
Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World (Laura Spinney)
A year ago, I offered thoughts on the next pandemic, in particular its possible effects on society and the reaction of the government. This review seems timely now. (The written version of this review was first published November 15, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Jan 29, 2020 • 27min
The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Richard Rothstein)
An exploration of twentieth-century government's role in African American segregation and its subsequent ill effects. (The written version of this review was first published August 15, 2017. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Jan 27, 2020 • 21min
The Beekeeper’s Lament: How One Man and Half a Billion Honey Bees Help Feed America (Hannah Nordhaus)
Of bees, and today's agriculture, and atrazine, and cheap food. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Jan 24, 2020 • 18min
The Accursed Tower: The Fall of Acre and the End of the Crusades (Roger Crowley)
Straight history today, not politics, in the form of Christian (and Muslim) heroism at the final end of the Crusades. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Jan 21, 2020 • 25min
Why Liberalism Failed (Patrick J. Deneen)
Thoughts, from two years ago now, on Patrick Deneen's seminal work, the first major work of post-liberalism in the modern era. (The written version of this review was first published December 19, 2017. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Jan 18, 2020 • 40min
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress (Steven Pinker)
My review of @sapinker's "Enlightenment Now." A mixed bag, as usual with Pinker, lurching wildly from Very Good to Very Bad. (The written version of this review was first published February 16, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Jan 16, 2020 • 26min
Suicide of the West: How the Rebirth of Tribalism, Populism, Nationalism, and Identity Politics is Destroying American Democracy (Jonah Goldberg)
Peerless NeverTrumper Jonah Goldberg instructs us how to view the world. (The written version of this review was first published May 2, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
