Of Australia, Australian cultural politics, and the ludicrous racial-religious cult surrounding Australia's first inhabitants.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

A hugely erudite work of historiography, in my thoughts about which I also explain my admiration for Hernán Cortes, man of glory and contradiction, and what is necessary for a restoration of Western achievement. (The written version of this review was first published August 7, 2018. Written versions are available here.)

A discussion of the tyranny under which we now live, combined with thoughts on what to do about it, primarily through the lens of analyzing the CDC's orders on evictions and masks, along with the proposed Emmett Till Antilynching Act. (The written version of this analysis can be found here.)

A detailed analysis of a successful Right authoritarian leader, the largely-forgotten António Salazar, who should not be forgotten.  And, of course, my own thoughts, in this case on corporatism as a political system, both in general and as possibly applied to a remade America.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Although my opinion of Scott Adams has gone up since I wrote this in 2018, due to his firm basis in reality and willingness to stand by it, I didn't like this book, or how Adams portrayed himself in it. (The written version of this review was first published August 5, 2018. Written versions are available here.)

A voluminous and magisterial, yet largely boring, historical analysis of a man who is already being forgotten.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

In which I explain how the Left harmonizes simultaneous demands for both total liberty and total equality, and I also discuss the limitations of even equality of opportunity, as well as of liberty, in a decent post-liberal society.  (The written version of this review was first published August 4, 2018. Written versions are available here.)

A lively evisceration of the worst generation in American history. To know the past is to grasp how to change the future. (The written version of this review can be found here.)

The memoirs of the most successful and most charismatic of the White generals who fought the Bolsheviks in the Russian Civil War—both fascinating in their own right, and illuminating for us at our own present moment.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

A classic work of spiritual exploration, with thoughts on comparative theology. (The written version of this review was first published July 24, 2018. Written versions are available here.)

Of Pliny the Elder and Pliny the Younger, two leading public servants of the early Roman Empire, a society that had a competent ruling class which provided value, unlike ours. (The written version of this review can be found here.)

An analysis of the history and present of Antifa, set within the bigger picture, including comments on the recent Capitol protests.  (The written version of this review can be found here.)

Another break from current events, to talk about the political philosophy of weapons, something totally unrelated to the present moment.  (The written version of this review was first published February 16, 2017. Written versions are available here.)

Of a transcendent book, aimed at both children and adults. (The written version of this review was first published February 11, 2017. Written versions are available here.)

A summary of one school of thought about state-against-partisan warfare today.  But not really original, and anyway tactical improvements don't help us if our strategic values are all wrong.  (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

An attempt to show a positive future for America—only partially successful, but nonetheless thought-provoking, especially as regards the benefits of technology.  Which way, Western man—traditionalism, or futurism?  (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

An exploration of what should be the roles of men and women in a well-run society, through an evisceration of a terrible book that was used as the central pillar of an immensely destructive propaganda campaign. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

A detailed evaluation of whether the Right should adopt the mirror image of that core Left principle, "no enemies to the left," in the context of George Hawley's outstanding 2015 book. (The written version of this review was first published July 29, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Of that Man of Destiny, the Shawnee Indian war chief Tecumseh. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

On my very favorite topic of all, myself.  (The written version of this review was first published July 23, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

A comparative analysis of Western and Eastern Christian theology, for the benefit of both, though primarily for the benefit of the former. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

A complete analysis of the 1918 Finnish Civil War, where the good guys beat the bad guys, so as a result this war is obscure. But it has much to say that is applicable today. (The written version of this analysis can be found here.)

Of the Terror in the French Revolution, and what it says of the modern Left and our politics today. (The written version of this review was first published July 23, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

In a fifty-year-old work of science fiction, the Heroic Narrative, presciently adapted in a way that addresses our current age's denial of reality. (The written version of this review was first published July 20, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

A winding, but excellent, discussion of the importance of art in fighting against the Left, along with my own thoughts on Space as a crucial element of Western cultural rebirth. (The written version of this review was first published June 29, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

A comprehensive, if not exciting, dismantling of the anti-human ideology of environmental extremists. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

From 2018, but even more applicable today, what can be done in the short term about the corruption wrought by our ruling class. (The written version of this review was first published June 19, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

A somewhat confused exploration of how the upper-middle class accrues benefits to itself, which I use to explore more important topics, such as America's aristocracy, and how it should be changed. (The written version of this review was first published June 14, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

A turn away from the politics of today, toward eternal things, in thoughts on an outstanding work by David Bentley Hart. (The written version of this review was first published June 13, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

An outstanding analysis of how we got to the undesirable Now, which also contains a great deal of wisdom on how we can achieve a desirable post-liberal society. (The written version of this review was first published June 8, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

In which I discuss the good parts, and the inadequate parts, of Rod Dreher's latest—with a particular focus on not being a Beautiful Loser. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

An exploration of a ghostwritten work of Communist propaganda designed to swing American support to one side in the Syrian wars. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

What a forty-year-old science fiction classic says about our present, and our future. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

The fascinating history of a small land with a long history, in preparation for a later piece on the 1918 Finnish Civil War. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

Just in time for the 2020 elections, thoughts from two years ago about what drove the 2016 elections. (The written version of this review was first published May 24, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

A discussion about the wars to come. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

Today we talk about the "why" of entrepreneurship, which for me has always been money.  And why pretending to teach entrepreneurship is stupid. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

A memoir of political action and violence in 1920s Germany with, as always, lessons for today—most importantly, that it is a myth that the young are Left, and that rapid change is in the nature of unstable, discredited regimes. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

Matthew B. Crawford is back, with thoughts on automation, embodied cognition, and safetyism. They are very good thoughts. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

A book not really about the diamond, but about the superiority of Western culture. (The written version of this review was first published May 19, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

On the most important book of the year, Michael Anton’s The Stakes, which you should read, right now, to prepare for the immediate future. (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

Of abolitionist William Lloyd Garrison, a man who challenged the interests of the powerful, and why his successors today are hampered in ways he was not, such that more direct methods are necessary. (The written version of this review was first published April 21, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Not just a review of this book, by choice extremist Deirdre McCloskey, but also an explanation of why I will no longer read or review any modern book by the Left merely in order to disprove it.  (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

Dani Rodrik's book disappoints, since he is unable to escape the old and tired neoliberal frame, and doesn't even try very hard. (The written version of this review was first published April 21, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

A thrilling tale of the brief, but spectacular, Portuguese efflorescence between 1490 and 1520, featuring a cast of characters we could use today.  (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

This is the book that made William Manchester, later the biographer of Churchill, and it is both a book well worth reading, and one that could only have been written when it was, 1968. (The written version of this review was first published April 20, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)

Barry Strauss's latest book doesn't offer anything particularly new, but it does offer food for thought. And I predict our November future! (The written version of this review, in web, PDF, and ebook formats, can be found here.)

As the Wuhan Plague has exposed many jobs as substantively valueless, Matthew Crawford's classic work on work, manual labor, and craft has assumed more relevance.  (The written version of this review was first published April 17, 2018. Written versions, in web and PDF formats, are available here.)