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A Review of Hating Whitey, by David Horowitz
“In the radical romance of our political lives, the world is said to have begun in innocence, but to have fallen afterwards under an evil spell afflicting the lives of all with great suffering and injustice. According to our myth, a happy ending beckoned, however. Through the efforts of progressives like us, the spell would…
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Maverick: A Biography of Thomas Sowell, by Jason Riley
Introduction: Jason Riley’s biography of Thomas Sowell is more of an intellectual biography. Much of what could be found here is material one does not find in Sowell’s own autobiography, A Personal Odyssey (2000). The book covers his main intellectual achievements in the fields of the sociology of knowledge, his analysis of political dispositions and…
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Nationality and Statelessness.
“The first grave. Now we’re getting someplace. Houses and children and graves, that’s home, Tom. Those are the things that hold a man down.” John Steinbeck, To a God Unknown. Introduction: As human beings, not completely rational as we sometimes think we are, yet barely able at times to control our emotions and impulses, we find…
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Economics in an Austrian Lesson — A Review of Per Bylund’s ‘How to Think about the Economy.’
“It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.’ But it is totally irresponsible to have a loud and vociferous opinion on economic subjects while remaining in this state of ignorance.” Murray N. Rothbard. Economics, like physics,…
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A Brief Review of Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality?, by Thomas Sowell
One of Thomas Sowell’s earlier books, ‘Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality?’ is a book about the Regression Fallacy. Simply put, this fallacy states that it is logically impermissible to claim that a change in the states of affairs X occurred because of a change in policy or behavior, Y. It is a derivative of the…
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A Brief Review of The Quest for Cosmic Justice, by Thomas Sowell
This is my second book by Thomas Sowell, and it is a treasure chest. I read it twice in the past, and now through Audible. It contains four short books (or four long essays) whose main themes are within the disciplines of political philosophy, sociology, history, and legal scholarship, but each chapter contains an element…
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A Review of Secrets of a Webcam Girl, by Annabelle Baxter
Introduction: This is Annabelle Baxter’s memoir as a webcam girl (digital stripper) and a body-rub girl (giving happy-ending massage sessions). The book contains a gallery of broken men. The author, who used to be a real estate agent, cannot any longer afford the stress and the expenses of her life. She cheats on her boyfriend,…
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A Review of Struggling Upward; or, Luke Larkin’s Luck, by Horatio Alger Jr.
Introduction: Horatio Alger Jr.’s novels are as goofy as can be, and they all follow the very same pattern. Poor boy works honestly, diligently, and relentlessly seeks success, then some problem occurs, and the boy demonstrates his good character in helping solve the issue, and becomes rich and popular in the process. Alger Jr. has…
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The Politics of Confusion: A Review of Mark Fisher’s Capitalist Realism.
Capitalism is essentially a system of mass production for the satisfaction of the needs of the masses. It pours a horn of plenty upon the common man. It has raised the average standard of living to a height never dreamed of in earlier ages. It has made accessible to millions of people enjoyments which a…
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