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Letters from an American Farmer (J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur)

Published by Charles

This is a strange little Colonial-era book that, nonetheless, tells us something about America today. It was written by a protean Frenchman, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur. Born...

March 11, 2019
comments 0
American History, Book Reviews, British History, Charles, Social Behavior, Wars To Come

The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition (Jonathan Tepper)

Published by Charles

The death of the free market at the hands of monopoly has gotten a lot of recent attention. By far the best book about this problem is Tim Wu’s...

February 27, 2019
comments 11
Book Reviews, Business & Money, Charles, Economics, Political Discussion & Analysis, Political Economy

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon (Crystal Zevon)

Published by Charles

To the extent you have heard of Warren Zevon, it is probably because David Letterman devoted an entire episode of Late Night to him when Zevon was dying, in...

February 23, 2019
comments 2
Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, Life Advice

After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory (Alasdair MacIntyre)

Published by Charles

The poor Enlightenment. Trapped by its inherent contradictions, we in the West find ourselves locked into playing out the game set by it, struggling to make the best of...

February 23, 2019
comments 6
Book Reviews, Charles, Reaction

The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s (William I. Hitchcock)

Published by Charles

I have always had a fascination with the 1950s, even though they ended many years before I was born. But I know little that is not trivia or surface...

February 16, 2019
comments 3
American History, Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles

Singapore: Unlikely Power (John Curtis Perry)

Published by Charles

Singapore is, in some ways, the modern Venice, a maritime city made wealthy by being in the right place, with the right assets, at the right time. Also like...

February 13, 2019
comments 6
Book Reviews, British History, Charles, Colonialism, The Orient

Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline (Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson)

Published by Charles

Anybody who has been paying attention has long grasped the truth: underpopulation, not overpopulation, is our problem. This will soon be true on a global scale, it is already...

February 12, 2019
comments 10
Apocalypse, Book Reviews, Charles, Political Economy, Science, Sex Roles, Social Behavior

A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market (Wilhelm Röpke)

Published by Charles

This classic book, by a long-dead and almost-forgotten German economist, is suddenly relevant again. I have had a copy on my bookshelf for thirty years, never read, and I...

February 3, 2019
comments 24
Book Reviews, Charles, Conservatism, Economics, European History, Political Discussion & Analysis, Political Economy, Social Behavior

A History of Venice (John Julius Norwich)

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This long but smoothly written book, by the very recently deceased John Julius Norwich, scion of English nobility, covers more than a thousand years of Venetian history. Nowadays Venice...

January 31, 2019
comments 4
Art, Achitecture & Building, Book Reviews, Charles, European History, Islam & The Islamic World, Longitudinal History, Medieval History, Renaissance History

The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny (William Strauss and Neil Howe)

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I am almost ashamed to review this book. It is like reviewing Fifty Shades of Grey—the mere fact the someone publicly admits he has read it degrades both him...

January 22, 2019
comments 0
American History, Book Reviews, Charles, Longitudinal History

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T. E. Lawrence

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Letters from an American Farmer (J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur)

Published by Charles

This is a strange little Colonial-era book that, nonetheless, tells us something about America today. It was written by a protean Frenchman, J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur. Born...

March 11, 2019
comments 0
American History, Book Reviews, British History, Charles, Social Behavior, Wars To Come

The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition (Jonathan Tepper)

Published by Charles

The death of the free market at the hands of monopoly has gotten a lot of recent attention. By far the best book about this problem is Tim Wu’s...

February 27, 2019
comments 11
Book Reviews, Business & Money, Charles, Economics, Political Discussion & Analysis, Political Economy

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon (Crystal Zevon)

Published by Charles

To the extent you have heard of Warren Zevon, it is probably because David Letterman devoted an entire episode of Late Night to him when Zevon was dying, in...

February 23, 2019
comments 2
Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles, Life Advice

After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory (Alasdair MacIntyre)

Published by Charles

The poor Enlightenment. Trapped by its inherent contradictions, we in the West find ourselves locked into playing out the game set by it, struggling to make the best of...

February 23, 2019
comments 6
Book Reviews, Charles, Reaction

The Age of Eisenhower: America and the World in the 1950s (William I. Hitchcock)

Published by Charles

I have always had a fascination with the 1950s, even though they ended many years before I was born. But I know little that is not trivia or surface...

February 16, 2019
comments 3
American History, Biography & Autobiography, Book Reviews, Charles

Singapore: Unlikely Power (John Curtis Perry)

Published by Charles

Singapore is, in some ways, the modern Venice, a maritime city made wealthy by being in the right place, with the right assets, at the right time. Also like...

February 13, 2019
comments 6
Book Reviews, British History, Charles, Colonialism, The Orient

Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline (Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson)

Published by Charles

Anybody who has been paying attention has long grasped the truth: underpopulation, not overpopulation, is our problem. This will soon be true on a global scale, it is already...

February 12, 2019
comments 10
Apocalypse, Book Reviews, Charles, Political Economy, Science, Sex Roles, Social Behavior

A Humane Economy: The Social Framework of the Free Market (Wilhelm Röpke)

Published by Charles

This classic book, by a long-dead and almost-forgotten German economist, is suddenly relevant again. I have had a copy on my bookshelf for thirty years, never read, and I...

February 3, 2019
comments 24
Book Reviews, Charles, Conservatism, Economics, European History, Political Discussion & Analysis, Political Economy, Social Behavior

A History of Venice (John Julius Norwich)

Published by Charles

This long but smoothly written book, by the very recently deceased John Julius Norwich, scion of English nobility, covers more than a thousand years of Venetian history. Nowadays Venice...

January 31, 2019
comments 4
Art, Achitecture & Building, Book Reviews, Charles, European History, Islam & The Islamic World, Longitudinal History, Medieval History, Renaissance History

The Fourth Turning: What the Cycles of History Tell Us About America’s Next Rendezvous with Destiny (William Strauss and Neil Howe)

Published by Charles

I am almost ashamed to review this book. It is like reviewing Fifty Shades of Grey—the mere fact the someone publicly admits he has read it degrades both him...

January 22, 2019
comments 0
American History, Book Reviews, Charles, Longitudinal History

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Letters from an American Farmer (J. Hector St. John de Crèvecœur)This is a strange little Colonial-era book that, nonetheless, tells us something about America...March 11, 2019

The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition (Jonathan Tepper)The death of the free market at the hands of monopoly has gotten a...February 27, 2019

I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon (Crystal Zevon)To the extent you have heard of Warren Zevon, it is probably because David...February 23, 2019

After Virtue: A Study in Moral Theory (Alasdair MacIntyre)The poor Enlightenment. Trapped by its inherent contradictions, we in the West find ourselves...February 23, 2019

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Empty Planet: The Shock of Global Population Decline (Darrell Bricker and John Ibbitson)Anybody who has been paying attention has long grasped the truth: underpopulation, not overpopulation,...February 12, 2019

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Eumeswil (Ernst Jünger)Ernst Jünger’s Eumeswil, one of the famous German’s last works, published when he was...January 21, 2019

On Battlefield VLast year, the giant gaming company Electronic Arts released the latest version of an...January 16, 2019

The Language of the Third Reich (Victor Klemperer)Victor Klemperer is famous today for his diaries covering the Nazi era in Germany....January 11, 2019

48 Hours (William Fortschen)I’ve read all of William Fortschen’s books.  They’re among the best of apocalypse fiction,...January 10, 2019

West Like Lightning: The Brief, Legendary Ride of the Pony Express (Jim DeFelice)My great-grandfather’s uncle, William Pridham, was a rider for the Pony Express.  This is...January 9, 2019

Trotsky: A Biography (Robert Service)I continue to be fascinated by the Bolshevik Revolution, because in its success there...December 29, 2018

The Once and Future Worker: A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America (Oren Cass)I have often complained that human flourishing cannot consist of increases in GDP that...December 24, 2018

Before Church and State: A Study of Social Order in the Sacramental Kingdom of St. Louis IX (Andrew Willard Jones)Like Diogenes searching for an honest man, I spend my days searching for a...December 22, 2018

Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three Together in His Name (Leah Libresco)Creating a social movement is hard.  Creating a social movement of conservatives is even...December 14, 2018

My Father’s Business: The Small-Town Values That Built Dollar General into a Billion-Dollar Company (Cal Turner)In 2002, the law firm for which I worked was involved in the Dollar...December 8, 2018

Stubborn Attachments: A Vision for a Society of Free, Prosperous, and Responsible Individuals (Tyler Cowen)Finally, the age of sophisters and calculators has fully arrived, and its herald is...December 7, 2018

Against the Modern World: Traditionalism and the Secret Intellectual History of the Twentieth Century (Mark Sedgwick)This book is an academic study of an obscure movement, Traditionalism.  The name has...November 30, 2018

Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt’s America, Mussolini’s Italy, and Hitler’s Germany, 1933-1939 (Wolfgang Schivelbusch)This book, a brief work of cultural history, outlines four parallel aspects of three...November 26, 2018

The Republican Workers Party: How the Trump Victory Drove Everyone Crazy, and Why It Was Just What We Needed (F. H. Buckley)Along with left-wing books decrying the supposed Trump-driven decline of democracy, I have been...November 23, 2018

Gun Control in Nazi Occupied-France: Tyranny and Resistance (Stephen P. Halbrook)This is an academic monograph, rather than a work of propaganda or political inspiration....November 21, 2018

The Curse of Bigness: Antitrust in the New Gilded Age (Tim Wu)As the ideological tectonic plates shift in America, many apparently settled matters have become...November 18, 2018

Pale Rider: The Spanish Flu of 1918 and How It Changed the World (Laura Spinney)Since I am an apocalypse monger, but a practical one, I do not worry...November 15, 2018

The Enemy: An Intellectual Portrait of Carl Schmitt (Gopal Balakrishnan)Carl Schmitt, preeminent antiliberal, is that rare thing, the modern political philosopher relevant long...November 12, 2018

On Conservative Bubbles and the Supreme CourtIt has long been an article of faith on the Right, including for me,...November 6, 2018

On the Subjective Mental State of LiberalsIn 1974, philosopher Thomas Nagel famously asked “What Is it Like to be a...November 4, 2018

Ordinary Men: Reserve Police Battalion 101 and the Final Solution in Poland (Christopher R. Browning)It seems to me that we in the West are like men in a...November 2, 2018

Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else (Chrystia Freeland)From the cover, I expected this book to be a lightweight documentary version of...October 30, 2018

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  • If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace; and this single reflection, well applied, is sufficient to awaken every man to duty. — Thomas Paine
    Tell me who your enemy is and I will tell you who you are. — Carl Schmitt
    Timing is all. — Lenin