Monthly Archives: July 2020

Book Review: The False Promise Of Big Government

Posted on July 26, 2020 by nathanalbright

The False Promise Of Big Government:  How Washington Helps The Rich And Hurts The Poor, by Patrick M. Garry Frequently, arguments about big government tend to devolve into a debate in which there is a false dilemma present as well … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Blue Collar Intellectuals

Posted on July 26, 2020 by nathanalbright

Blue Collar Intellectuals:  When The Enlightened And The Everyman Elevated America, by Daniel J. Flynn When we think of blue collars and intellectuals, we do not think of the two being connected to each other or relating to each other … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Student’s Guide To Psychology

Posted on July 26, 2020 by nathanalbright

A Student’s Guide To Psychology, by Daniel N. Robinson This book, as is not uncommon in this series [1], this book took a familiar subject and decided to approach it from an angle that I did not really foresee, and … Continue reading →

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How To Say It Better: Part One

Posted on July 25, 2020 by nathanalbright

Today I think it would be good to start what will hopefully not be too frequent a column, and that is examining the communications that I receive and, without giving too much information away about who sent the message to … Continue reading →

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Book Review: We Are Not Such Things

Posted on July 25, 2020 by nathanalbright

We Are Not Such Things:  The Murder Of A Young American, A South African Township, And The Search For Truth And Reconciliation, by Justine Van Der Leun This book is a deeply cynical one and perhaps unsurprisingly, the cynicism of … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Diamonds, Gold, And War

Posted on July 25, 2020 by nathanalbright

Diamonds, Gold, And War:  The British, The Boers, And The Making Of South Africa, by Martin Meredith This book is a tragedy on several levels.  The author clearly has sympathies for the blacks whose realms were destroyed by the forward … Continue reading →

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Book Review: A Traveller’s History Of South Africa

Posted on July 25, 2020 by nathanalbright

A Traveller’s History Of South Africa, by David Mason In reading a book like this it is deeply unfortunate that the author appears to have bought into the belief that South Africa is some sort of paradisical realm in the … Continue reading →

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Rules For Me And Thee

Posted on July 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

One of the most tried-and-true ways of ensuring that we have better laws and rules is to make ourselves accountable to any rule that we would wish to inflict on someone else.  As comes up repeatedly in life and in … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The 9 Lives Of Population Control

Posted on July 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

The 9 Lives Of Population Control, edited by Michael Cromartie The real revelation of this short book is the nastiness of population control advocates when their dodgy math and morally abhorrent practices of trying to coerce populations into abortion are … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Start The Presses!

Posted on July 24, 2020 by nathanalbright

Start The Presses!:  A Handbook For Student Journalists, edited by Stanley K. Ridgley, foreword by William F. Buckley Jr. It is to be greatly lamented that I was never aware of the existence of conservative publications at any of the … Continue reading →

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