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The Captive Mind (Czeslaw Milosz)
Episode 67
Yet another classic work that is, unfortunately, just as relevant today. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)
Published on 6 years ago
On the Subjective Mental State of Liberals
Episode 66
Some thoughts on how liberals view the world, derived in part from the New York Times's podcast, “The Argument.” (The written version of this review was first published November 4, 2018. Written vers…
Published on 6 years ago
The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age (Tim Wu)
Episode 65
Read and reviewed Tim Wu's important new book on the effects of, and solutions for, economic concentration. Something both conservatives and liberals can get behind. Up the NeoBrandeisianism! (The wr…
Published on 6 years ago
Frederick the Second: Wonder of the World 1194-1250 (Ernst Kantorowicz)
Episode 64
Thoughts on a long-dead king and his early-twentieth-century booster, Ernst Kantorowicz. I include a call for caesaropapist correction of Pope Francis, as well! (The written version of this review, i…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
The World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction (Matthew B. Crawford)
Episode 63
A dense, but very worthwhile, set of ruminations not on our age of digital distraction, but on how the Enlightenment destroyed our connection to the real. (The written version of this review, in web,…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
The Great Leveler: Violence and the History of Inequality from the Stone Age to the Twenty-First Century (Walter Scheidel)
Episode 62
The history and inevitability of economic inequality, with thoughts on whether and in what circumstances it's bad, from me, not the author. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
The Revolt of the Masses (José Ortega y Gasset)
Episode 61
Thoughts on an often-misunderstood book, José Ortega y Gasset's classic The Revolt of the Masses. (The written version of this review was first published March 24, 2018. Written versions, in web and …
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Rise and Grind: Outperform, Outwork, and Outhustle Your Way to a More Successful and Rewarding Life (Daymond John)
Episode 60
Thoughts on Daymond John's excellent "Rise And Grind," and on how you can be rich like me. (The written version of this review was first published April 30, 2019. Written versions, in web and PDF for…
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
Richard Nixon: The Life (John Farrell)
Episode 59
Reviewed John Farrell's biography of Richard Nixon, which brings the man back to life, and shows us the parallels between him and Donald Trump, or at least between the Left's treatment of both. (The …
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago
The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs (Martin Mosebach)
Episode 58
Thoughts on Martin Mosebach's The 21, exploring the best known, but far from only, Coptic martyrs, whose deaths, of course, are only part of a larger pattern displayed daily. (The written version of …
Published on 6 years, 1 month ago