The Adventures of Shylock Holmes

Out of the many oddities of the democratic process in the west, two points stand out. First, the average citizen has very little idea abou...

I once had a friend who was at least at the sub-clinical level of narcissism (by my amateur reckoning of the matter). He was very clever, an...

Discontinuities are interesting things. When small differences in inputs result in large differences in outputs, it can sometimes give hints...

I recently saw the musical 'Hamilton', which was an enjoyable depiction of American nostalgia for its own myths. That much isn't...

One of my minor hobbies is noticing small correlations in how people speak that reveal things about them. Some examples  here ,  here  and  ...

The attitude of non-Mormons to Mormonism usually tells you quite a lot about what else they value. And the critiques are well-rehearsed. ...

There is an odd camaraderie among those who have failed. I’ve been finding this out recently (which is the reason for the paucity of re...

In the psychology of the west in the 21st century, two characteristics predominate. First, this is the age of democracy. Second, this is...

To anyone of a vaguely reactionary persuasion, the fall of Rome is a melancholy and tantalising story. The inescapable conclusion, no matte...

Out of all the critiques that Neoreaction makes of modernity, one of the most compelling is the sheer lack of historical knowledge (let alo...

Gary Brecher once pointed out, in a podcast I think, that American exceptionalism dominates the American mindset. As he noted, this actually...

Poverty, to an economist, is mostly an abstract matter. Just like GDP is a number and unemployment is a number, the poverty rate is also mos...

Finance is not generally considered a stirring subject. Interesting, maybe. Remunerative, certainly. Complicated, definitely (and don't ...

Last time I tackled the question of exit, we talked about the feasibility of secession , and how I thought that scenario would play out (sh...

I love National Portrait Galleries (plural). I had previously written about the British version here - it's a wonderful example of the ...