I am here to give you back your future. Human flourishing in the coming post-liberal West. The hour
A somewhat confused exploration of how the upper-middle class accrues benefits to itself, which I us
A turn away from the politics of today, toward eternal things, in thoughts on an outstanding work by
An outstanding analysis of how we got to the undesirable Now, which also contains a great deal of wi
In which I discuss the good parts, and the inadequate parts, of Rod Dreher's latest—with a particula
An exploration of a ghostwritten work of Communist propaganda designed to swing American support to
What a forty-year-old science fiction classic says about our present, and our future. (The written v
The fascinating history of a small land with a long history, in preparation for a later piece on the
Just in time for the 2020 elections, thoughts from two years ago about what drove the 2016 elections
A discussion about the wars to come. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook for
Today we talk about the "why" of entrepreneurship, which for me has always been money. And why pret
A memoir of political action and violence in 1920s Germany with, as always, lessons for today—most i
Matthew B. Crawford is back, with thoughts on automation, embodied cognition, and safetyism. They ar
A book not really about the diamond, but about the superiority of Western culture. (The written vers
On the most important book of the year, Michael Anton’s The Stakes, which you should read, right now
Of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, a man who challenged the interests of the powerful, and why
Not just a review of this book, by choice extremist Deirdre McCloskey, but also an explanation of wh
Dani Rodrik's book disappoints, since he is unable to escape the old and tired neoliberal frame, and
A thrilling tale of the brief, but spectacular, Portuguese efflorescence between 1490 and 1520, feat
This is the book that made William Manchester, later the biographer of Churchill, and it is both a b
Barry Strauss's latest book doesn't offer anything particularly new, but it does offer food for thou
