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Category Archives: Politics and Civic Interest
Diary of a Psychosis
Tom Woods is a historian and podcast host with a daily newsletter which (in part) analyzes issues of the day from a libertarian point of view. From February 2020 forward, both the podcast and the newsletter were largely oriented toward … Continue reading
Posted in history, Politics and Civic Interest, Reviews
Tagged coronamania, health/wellness, history, memoir, Politics-CivicInterest
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Short rounds: C.S. Lewis and the anthropology of sanitation workers
First up, C.S. Lewis’ The Pilgrim’s Regress. Lewis dashed this off immediately after converting to Christianity in 1933, and it’s a fictional and fantastical rendering of his own journey throughout the twenties as he fell away from his childhood faith, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics and Civic Interest, Religion and Philosophy, Reviews
Tagged CS Lewis, fantasy, on the job, Politics-CivicInterest, religion, waste
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With Good Intentions? The Myth of Progress
Wait, wait, wait. Before I comment on this book, I want to say first that patience is a virtue, and so is persistence. I stumbled on Bill Kauffman nine years ago, possibly via Front Porch Republic, and was immediately taken … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Kauffman, essays, Politics-CivicInterest
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Racism, medieval feasting, and housing
Between work and school projects my list of read-but-unreviewed titles is growing, so…alas, it’s short rounds time. First up, The Color of Law, on how housing segregation was purposely pursued, not merely tolerated, by the federal government — primarily through … Continue reading
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Tagged history, housing, Politics-CivicInterest, race
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The People vs Tech
Democracy must bring big tech to heel, adapt itself to thrive despite big tech, or perish. Born of different times, with different expectations, they cannot coexist in their present date: the latter will surely destroy the other. In The People … Continue reading
How Social Media Rewired Our Minds
One of my core beliefs is that we live in a world which we made for ourselves, and yet which is not fit for ourselves. Our eyes expect to see what they do not see, our arms reach for which … Continue reading
Selected quotes from “41: A Portrait of my Father”
41 is a biography of George H.W. Bush by his son, George W. Bush, and is written with affection, not objectivity. Bush offers that as a disclaimer at the very beginning. This is a tribute, written by a man who … Continue reading
The Last Republicans
I was interested in reading this book even before my unexpected presidential reading tangent of this last month, in part because of my age: George H.W. Bush was the first president I remember, and holds that title somewhat fixedly in … Continue reading
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