Monthly Archives: August 2017

My First Piece at the University Bookman

Posted on August 28, 2017 by Dr. J

I have a new book review that is available online. It’s my first piece ever for the University Bookman, the review journal that Russell Kirk started and is now published by the Kirk Center in Michigan. The review covers Allen Mendenhall’s Of … Continue reading →

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Back to War with the Little Corporal

Posted on August 27, 2017 by Dr. J

Last week we passed 22,500 pages of reading in the Great Books Project. We also have a new work to consider this week, something I know will be a breath of fresh air. Let’s get to it. Here are the … Continue reading →

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The Essential Von Mises

Posted on August 22, 2017 by Dr. J

The introductory unit of George Reisman’s study program includes about 60 pages of reading from the appendices to the 4th edition of Ludwig von Mises’s Planning for Freedom. Roughly the first 40 pages of this material is Murray Rothbard’s 1973 essay … Continue reading →

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Adam Knew Everything

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Dr. J

There were several downers in last week’s readings for the Great Books Project–broken engagements, creation of governments, etc.–but we soldier on, undeterred. Here are the readings for the coming week: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Book IX (GBWW Vol. … Continue reading →

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Capital

Posted on August 16, 2017 by Dr. J

Week 8 of the Mises Institute’s Home Study Course in Austrian Economics includes one audio lecture and one book chapter dealing with capital. “Capital” by Bob Murphy: Following Rothbard, Murphy defines capital as “reproducible means of production.” He says that … Continue reading →

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Nasty, Brutish, and Short?

Posted on August 14, 2017 by Dr. J

Heavy things to discuss in the Great Books Project this week, things like life in a state of savagery. Let’s get to it. Here are the readings for the coming week: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Book VIII (GBWW … Continue reading →

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Truth Persists and Works, Even if Nobody Is Left to Utter It

Posted on August 10, 2017 by Dr. J

Human thinking and reasoning, human science and technology are the product of a social process insofar as the individual thinker faces both the achievements and the errors of his predecessors and enters into a virtual discussion with them either in … Continue reading →

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The News Media Is Out of Ideas, Example #2,954

Posted on August 2, 2017 by Dr. J

Or, alternatively, “Everything in 2017 Is about Donald Trump, Example #8,317”: Someone at the Boston Globe decided to run a story about how the path of the upcoming solar eclipse runs mostly through counties that voted for Trump in November 2016. … Continue reading →

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