Just finished reading a short book from the Tenth Amendment Center, by Michael Boldin and Michael Maharrey. It’s about some of the Anti-Federalist essays that came between the constitutional convention and ratification.
Of course, the Anti-Federalists are barely covered in public school curricula, but they had some very good arguments and several dire predictions that came true.
My notes here.
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This little book contains some of the most important economic and political essays written in the 20th century, and many of these ideas still need more defense in the 21st.
Just a quick post today as I’m working on some other stuff, but I finally finished Provoked by Scott Horton and it was fantastic!
It’s an in-depth study of over 40 years of history, chock-full of thousands of contemporaneous citations showing how world leaders lied to us and each other every step of the way, pushing two of the world’s most influential powers into the terrible relationship they have today.
After reading a few reactions to my review of George Orwell’s Road to Wigan Pier, it looked like I was a little bit unclear about Orwell’s position on socialism. I’m aware that he never denounced socialism as an ideology. However, the issue that becomes painfully clear when reading Wigan Pier is that he really had no clear idea of what socialism was or what it meant. With that in mind, I thought I’d make a quick video explaining this point a bit more clearly, so I hope this helps.
You can read my review here.
The Mises Wire was kind enough to publish my critique of George Orwell’s book The Road to Wigan Pier!
Honestly, I was really proud of this review and critique. I had heard so many good things about this particular book, and was amazed to find how shallow its analysis was.
I would love if you would go give it a read.
It seems like everyone is talking about secession these days. Whether they call it that, or national divorce, or some other euphemism, they all have opinions about it and most of them are woefully misinformed. Setting aside the ideologues who only want to tighten their grip on their fellow man for their own benefit, there are plenty of people who argue against secession from a practical perspective, but even these people often argue from a position of ignorance, and in this case, their ignorance is definitely not our bliss.
The Russian Revolution is one of the darkest moments in recent history. It led to millions and millions of deaths, and even more impoverished and horribly oppressed by communist governments in the twentieth century. Richard Pipes is one of the most renowned scholars of the Russian Revolution, with two long books, The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime, that describe in gory detail the monstrosities of Russia around the time of its red revolution.
The White Pill isn’t what I expected, and that’s a good thing. Considering the pithiness with which terms like “white pill” and “black pill” get tossed around, Michael Malice could have gotten away with writing a witty but surface-level book about the importance of keeping a positive mindset. Instead, he has created the most insidious Tootsie Roll Pop ever–jet black on the outside, with a tiny chunk of white at the very center. The White Pill isn’t an anodyne book on optimism, but a deeply disturbing and detailed account of the rise and fall of the USSR and the Berlin Wall, with a few relevant side stories to keep things fresh.