Category Archives: Books

New Material on the Way

Posted on December 19, 2018 by Dr. J

What a year this has been. I’ve had a very heavy teaching load and more administrative duties at the university. I’ve also increased my output of scholarly writing and frequency of work-related travel. So this blog has fallen by the … Continue reading →

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Moscow Becomes French (Briefly)

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Dr. J

Historical causation, the freewill/determinism dilemma, and the authority of scripture are just a few of the heavy topics we covered in the last set of readings. Now it’s time to press on. Here are the readings for the coming week: … Continue reading →

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Mercantilism is Dumb

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Dr. J

I usually try to make Great Books Project posts on Mondays, but the hurricane delayed last week’s post until Wednesday, and I am in catch-up mode. In the meantime, it was easy for me to knock out this econ post. … Continue reading →

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Napoleon Blows Things Up

Posted on September 13, 2017 by Dr. J

This past week’s readings included many explosions and attempts to immanentize the eschaton. I expect more of the same this week. Let’s begin. Here are the readings for the coming week: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Book XI, Chapters … Continue reading →

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Profit, Loss, and Entrepreneurship

Posted on September 12, 2017 by Dr. J

Week 9 of the Mises Institute’s Home Study Course in Austrian Economics includes one audio lecture and three book chapters dealing with profit, loss, and entrepreneurship. “Profit, Loss, and Entrepreneurship” by Joseph Salerno: Salerno says that all action is entrepreneurship … Continue reading →

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Scientist Works Way Back to God

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Dr. J

Big news in the Great Books Project today: we are cracking open a new volume, something we haven’t done since beginning War and Peace. Here are the readings for the coming week: War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy, Book X, Chapters … Continue reading →

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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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