Saturday, July 29, 2023

A review of “Mussolini: The History of Italian Fascism”

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“I have never wished anyone dead, but I have read some obituaries with great pleasure.” – Paraphrase of defense lawyer Clarence Darrow , in ...

A review of Alexis de Tocqueville’s “Democracy in America” (audiobook)

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I had heard only a little about  Alexis de Tocqueville  before I listened to this audiobook. I knew that he was from France , and that he ha...
Friday, July 14, 2023

My experience with political philosophy in French

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This is a follow-up to a blog post from 2014 . (For this earlier post, click here .) I wrote a post some years ago about my experience with ...
Monday, July 10, 2023

A review of William Blackstone’s “Commentaries on the Laws of England”

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“The objects of the laws of England are so very numerous and extensive, that, in order to consider them with any tolerable ease and perspic...

The most serious crimes that anyone can commit (according to Blackstone)

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“Of crimes injurious to the persons of private subjects, the most principal and important is the offence of taking away that life , which is...

Yes, Blackstone was a monarchist – but not an absolute monarchist

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“All regal governments must be either hereditary or elective : and, as I believe there is no instance wherein the crown of England has ever ...
Wednesday, June 28, 2023

A review of David Starkey’s “Henry VIII: Mind of a Tyrant”

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Warning: This post contains some mature themes in it. Although I have tried to discuss them tastefully, there’s no way to take them out of t...