Tweep-sourced booklist for The Coronatime Lockdown and beyond….books you want to hunker down with, books to help you survive in the wilderness, books to help you understand what this is really all about…an organic list of all who answered the call for recommendations…. 1984, George Orwell 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, Jordan … Read more
Note, I put books on The Bookshelf if they’re on my bookshelf, not if I’ve actually read them–I might have but not always. The Inheritance of Rome: Illuminating the Dark Ages 400-1000, by Chris Wickham (2009). I was a bit disappointed when the first few chapters of this book were filled with kingship successions … Read more
I find the “coincidence theory” or “accidental theory” of history preposterous. In my opinion, you need a tinfoil hat if you’re crazy enough to think that history is accidentally marching toward all the power and money being concentrated at the top. It seems clear to me that power exists in the world, it is used … Read more
In light of President Trump’s first speech at the UN and the precursor to that hosted by Ambassador Nicky Haley and General H.R. McMaster, in which all point to the desire to make the United Nations stronger and more effective, I thought I would reprint a review I did several years ago of a mid-Twentieth … Read more
Binkley and I have a bookshelf for your perusal or if you are thinking of buying a book and want to know if we’ve come across it and have anything to say about it, search for it alphabetically by author or in the search box. We have quite a few on the shelf already, but … Read more
“Some form of national health insurance” was a critical piece of the “conservative welfare state” laid out by Kristol…the conservative welfare state is laid out in part 1 of my expose, the national health insurance piece is laid out in part 2… Neo-Conservatism the Autobiography of an Idea, part 1 Neo-Conservatism the Autobiography of an … Read more
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