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The Politics Of Prudence by Russel Kirk Reissued — And Reviewed
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The Politics Of Prudence by Russel Kirk Reissued — And Reviewed

There have been many purges on the right, led for instance by National Review and William F Buckley, removing from polite society those who were considered "extreme" elements. People who…
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How Our Dictator Arrives: Surfing On A Wave Of Paperwork — Review of the Forgotten ‘The Law of Longer Life’ by Parkinson & Le Compte
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How Our Dictator Arrives: Surfing On A Wave Of Paperwork — Review of the Forgotten ‘The Law of Longer Life’ by Parkinson & Le Compte

The list of authors who have theories on how civilizations end is not small: Ibn Kaldun, Spengler, Toynbee, Strauss and Howe, Turchin, Glubb all stress that civilizations have existed but…
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The Don’t Just Stand There, Do Something Fallacy — Excerpt From Everything You Believe Is Wrong
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The Don’t Just Stand There, Do Something Fallacy — Excerpt From Everything You Believe Is Wrong

In the talk I gave about The Most Infamous Coronavirus Model, the one that caused many governments to gleefully embrace panic, I made the point that an implicit premise in…
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One Book To Rule Them All: Everything You Believe Is Wrong
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One Book To Rule Them All: Everything You Believe Is Wrong

Everything You Believe Is Wrong will drop on 1 December. Three short weeks. Pre-order it, in paperback or e-book forms, now: Amazon paperback, Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble, Walmart (not…
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Colonialism Did Some Good & Its Abrupt End Caused Much Harm:  The Last Imperialist by Bruce Gilley Reviewed
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Colonialism Did Some Good & Its Abrupt End Caused Much Harm: The Last Imperialist by Bruce Gilley Reviewed

We last met Gilley after one of those academic apoplexies, in which when he suggested colonialism was not all bad and the PhDs screamed "Burn the witch!" For his heresy,…
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Free First Chapter in Everything You Believe Is Wrong, The Book All Woke Fear
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Free First Chapter in Everything You Believe Is Wrong, The Book All Woke Fear

Who is this book for? Before I answer that excellent question, let me first show why the book is necessary, if you have a moment. Watch this thirty second clip.…
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Capitalism Is Dead: Long Live The Expertocracy. Burnham’s <em>The Managerial Revolution</em> at 80
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Capitalism Is Dead: Long Live The Expertocracy. Burnham’s The Managerial Revolution at 80

James Burnham wrote The Managerial Revolution: What Is Happening in the World in 1941 to argue that capitalism was waning and being replaced everywhere by managerialism. He was right. The…
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Man Up — <em>Masculinity Amidst Madness</em> by Ryan Landry Reviewed
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Man Up — Masculinity Amidst Madness by Ryan Landry Reviewed

The Spanish conquerors were amazed by the giant pyramids of Teotihuacan but nobody could tell them who built them. In today's Washington Post one Brandon Hasbrouk employed by Washington-Lee university…
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