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The Irrational Agent

The Irrational Agent

Perhaps the most lauded book of 2011 was Thinking, Fast and Slow by the Princeton...

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The Year Is Almost Over—Is the World?

The Year Is Almost Over—Is the World?

Things aren’t looking too good these days, says Slavoj Zizek in his latest book,...

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Nature’s Tory

Nature’s Tory

There wouldn’t seem to be much left to say about the late Christopher Hitchens after...

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Did FDR Provoke Pearl Harbor?

Did FDR Provoke Pearl Harbor?

On Dec. 8, 1941, Franklin Roosevelt took the rostrum before a joint session of Congress...

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From Black Robes to White Coats

From Black Robes to White Coats

I just drove to Kansas and back, 2600 miles listening to the radio and pondering...

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The Most Brutal Species

The Most Brutal Species

David Grossman. To the End of the Land. Vintage (reprint edition), 2011. 672pp. Dave...

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A Fatally Misled Civilization

A Fatally Misled Civilization

Pat Buchanan may be the only self-described paleoconservative whose last six books have...

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The Melancholy Roar of Retreat

The Melancholy Roar of Retreat

One of the schoolmasters in charge of my Anglican religious instruction used to say...

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Of Confucius and Confusion

Of Confucius and Confusion

In his new book On China, Henry Kissinger looks at what makes China what it is. In his...

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The Freedom to Be Middling

The Freedom to Be Middling

Freedom by Jonathan Franzen came out last year, but since it has been called the novel...

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A Statistician’s Imprecise Analysis of True Crime

A Statistician’s Imprecise Analysis of True Crime

Bill James, the baseball statistics analyst who has been one of the most revolutionary...

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Of Novels and Novelty Acts

Of Novels and Novelty Acts

According to reviewers, Jennifer Egan’s novel A Visit From the Goon Squad is...

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Fear of an Erudite White

Fear of an Erudite White

Jared Taylor. White Identity: Racial Consciousness in the 21st Century. New Century...

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Literature’s Most Influential Hussy

Literature’s Most Influential Hussy

She lives on credit and lusts after entertainment, whether emotional or commercial. She...

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