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Review: ‘The Scramble for Europe’ by Stephen Smith

On February 3, 2020March 22, 2020 By Cavalier 1In Book Reviews

If they grow tired of muddling through, Europe could decide on two alternative futures: what Smith calls “Fortress Europe” or “Return of the protectorate.”

The best books I read in 2019

On January 15, 2020 By Cavalier 1In Book Reviews

A delayed book log from 2019, for posterity (or, more accurately, future me).

Review: ‘The Constitution of Liberty’ by F. A. Hayek

On October 22, 2019October 22, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Book Reviews

Those who support the system Hayek championed would do better to evangelize the arguments he actually makes, rather than defend the views his opponents ascribe to him.

Review: ‘My Father Left Me Ireland’ by Michael Brendan Dougherty

On October 3, 2019October 2, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Book Reviews

In the face of society’s ambivalence if not active hostility toward his mother’s life and death, one begins to doubt that every taboo shed constitutes progress.

Review: ‘What Went Wrong?’ by Bernard Lewis

On September 12, 2019October 22, 2019 By Cavalier 1In Book ReviewsLeave a comment

His answer in this concise volume is interesting, but not as interesting as the lesson it holds for the United States today.

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