Contrary to much popular opinion, the Enlightenment did not create a single path forward for humanity, let alone one frozen in amber for perpetuity. The insidious error of Hegel and Marx was the conceit of a linear history, and those who believe that liberalism is the...
Mostly a review of Schumpeter’s magnum opus, with a sprinkling of biography, opinion and snark.
Robert Nisbet was an interesting thinker. The first book of his that I read was History of the Idea of Progress. I just finished Twilight of Authority (with a slight treatment over on substack), and I want to expand on what I got out of the book - mostly from his...
The frustration…
The playing field expands.
An isolated incident, aftermath.
An isolated incident continues.
A series, partially inspired by The Spark, and partially ripped from the headlines and a few obscure sources, as well as the corrector totius orientis himself, Septimius Odaenathus.
All y’all are revolting!
A good read inspires a bit of writing on a subject of longstanding interest – the long shadows cast by Mssrs. Jefferson and Hamilton.