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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Sep 20, 2019 • 15min
The Samurai (Shūsaku Endō)
A change of pace, from modern politics to seventeenth-century Japan, and to eternal, rather than transitory, things. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Sep 18, 2019 • 11min
A World Split Apart: Commencement Address Delivered at Harvard University, June 8, 1978 (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn)
We talk about the eerie prescience of, and current application of, this classic jeremiad from Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, prophet of his age. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Sep 16, 2019 • 10min
I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon (Crystal Zevon)
An oral history of the ultra-talented Warren Zevon, warts and all.
The written version of this review can be found here.
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Sep 13, 2019 • 20min
After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory (Alasdair MacIntyre)
Thoughts on a dense classic. (The written version of this review was first published February 23, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Sep 10, 2019 • 16min
The Memoirs of St. Peter: A New Translation of the Gospel According to Mark (Michael Pakaluk)
A turn away from current events, to long-ago events, still relevant today. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Sep 9, 2019 • 12min
The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s (William I. Hitchcock)
Reviewed William I. Hitchcock's "The Age of Eisenhower." Short version of the review: Eisenhower OK but defective; 1950s good; Baby Boomers bad. (The written version of this review was first published February 16, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Sep 7, 2019 • 13min
Singapore: Unlikely Power (John Curtis Perry)
I wanted to learn about Singapore, where limited democracy works. But I didn't learn much from this book. (The written version of this review was first published February 13, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Sep 5, 2019 • 19min
The Improbable Wendell Willkie: The Businessman Who Saved the Republican Party and His Country, and Conceived a New World Order (David Levering Lewis)
Some thoughts, mostly grouchy, on the habit of Republicans to betray. Not a new phenomenon, as this book shows. But a fatal one. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Sep 3, 2019 • 29min
Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline (Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson)
This book is earnest and valuable, but completely inadequate and gap-filled. (The written version of this review was first published February 12, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
Sep 1, 2019 • 26min
A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market (Wilhelm Röpke)
Wilhelm Röpke's 1960 "A Humane Economy" offered prescriptions for combining free markets with necessary limits. Valuable thoughts in today's flux. (The written version of this review was first published February 3, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)
