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Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg, Part I

Liberal Facism: The Secret History of the American Left, From Mussolini to the Politics of Change Re-issued in paperback, with a new afterword. by Jonah Goldberg Recommendation: buy a copy…

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Alone and Frames by Loren D. Estleman

Alone Frames The first two in the Valentino Hollywood Mystery Series by Loren D. Estleman Recommendation: read. Estleman is best known for his hard-boiled Amos Walker detective series, all set…

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Keynes: The Return of the Master by Robert Skidelsky

Keynes: The Return of the Master by Robert Skidelsky Recommendation: read (buy here). (It's Keynes Week here at wmbriggs.com!) The book's tag-line is, "Why, sixty years after his death, John…

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Have You Seen My Country Lately? — by Jerry Doyle

Have You Seen My Country Lately? America's Wake-Up Call by Jerry Doyle Recommendation: Read There's no point in accusing me, because I admit it. I picked up the book because…

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Mathematicians as Comic book Superheroes

Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth by Apostolos Doxiadis and Christos H. Papadimitriou, with art by Alecos Papadatos and Annies Di Donna Bookhunter by Jason Shiga Can people learn…

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Podcast Radio Show #5: Independence Day!

[podcast]https://www.wmbriggs.com/audio/wmbriggs_com_21nov2008_0005.mp3[/podcast] On Today's Show: Only 5 minutes! A brief show today, containing one Earth-shattering announcement... Big changes ...As of December 1st, you, my faithful audience members, will be my official…

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The Conservatives by Patrick Allitt

The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities Throughout American History by Patrick Allitt Recommendation: check out from library for reference (buy here). What is a conservative? Allitt is not sure. This is…

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Real Education by Charles Murray

Real Education: Four Simple Truths for Bringing America's Schools Back to Reality by Charles Murray Recommendation: read (buy here). The word median is statistical: it is the point at which…

JerryR on Class 3: Uncertainty & Probability Theory: The Logic of Science: Belief & FaithApril 23, 2024
No comments? Well Briggs has presented gobbledygook so I can understand. I have never seen a serious discussion of JTB…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 23, 2024
Briggs, you got several of your more annoying posters to leave in a huff with this one. Well done, thanks.…
Hagfish Bagpipe on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
If people weren't so damned hungry for sin this wouldn't happen. You can't cheat an honest man. But the people…
Gwyneth on Bipartisan Means The Fix Is InApril 23, 2024
"The devil is just one man with a plan, but evil, true evil, is a collaboration of men." Agent Mulder…
Bipartisan Means The Fix Is In – William M. Briggs on Why I Don’t Want To Be Made To Support IsraelApril 23, 2024
[…] I was curious, given we discussed Our Greatest Ally last week (to the consternation of some; blog, Substack), just…