Sunday, June 28, 2020

A few problems with Rousseau’s “The Social Contract”

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“Man is born free; and everywhere he is in chains. One thinks himself the master of others, and still remains a greater slave than they. H...

A review of Bettany Hughes’ “The Spartans”

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“Athens became the seat of politeness and taste, the country of orators and philosophers. The elegance of its buildings equalled that of i...
Tuesday, June 16, 2020

A review of “The Wealth of Nations: Adam Smith” (audiobook)

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“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own inter...
Saturday, June 6, 2020

A review of “Canada at War” (World War Two series)

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“We do hereby Declare and Proclaim that a State of War with the German Reich exists and has existed in Our Dominion of Canada as and from...
Friday, May 29, 2020

A review of “Byzantium: The Lost Empire” (The Learning Channel)

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Also known as the “Eastern Roman Empire,” which lasted about a thousand years longer than the better-known “Western Roman Empire.” The R...
Friday, May 22, 2020

A review of “The Wars of the Roses: A Bloody Crown”

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“The great revolutions that had happened, in manners and in property, had paved the way, by imperceptible yet sure degrees, for as great a r...
Thursday, May 21, 2020

A review of “Jerusalem: Center of the World” (PBS)

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“Awake, awake; put on thy strength, O Zion; put on thy beautiful garments, O Jerusalem, the holy city : for henceforth there shall no more...