The Worthy House
Charles
Reality-focused writings, often on history, politics, and human flourishing in a post-liberal future.
- 23 minutes 50 secondsThe Collapse of Global Liberalism: And the Emergence of the Post Liberal World Order (Philip Pilkington)
A clinical examination of the death of the Left, of "Enlightenment" liberalism, and of what comes next.
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8 December 2025, 6:51 pm - 27 minutes 35 secondsLeaving a Legacy: Inheritance, Charity, & Thousand-Year Families (Johann Kurtz)
Why and how you should leave a legacy to your family and your society, and against false charity and pernicious modern ideas about inheritance.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/11/24/leaving-a-legacy-inheritance-charity-thousand-year-families-johann-kurtz/).
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24 November 2025, 8:31 pm - 29 minutes 25 secondsAgainst the Machine: On the Unmaking of Humanity (Paul Kingsnorth)
A bold and insightful, but somewhat flawed, exposition of what is wrong with the modern world, and what to do about it.
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12 November 2025, 6:15 pm - 24 minutes 46 secondsIn My Time of Dying: How I Came Face to Face with the Idea of an Afterlife (Sebastian Junger)
An exploration of Near Death Experiences, including his own, from a man who has often explored the many aspects of human nature.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/09/30/in-my-time-of-dying-how-i-came-face-to-face-with-the-idea-of-an-afterlife-sebastian-junger/).
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30 September 2025, 2:56 pm - 26 minutes 50 secondsCornwallis: Soldier and Statesman in a Revolutionary World (Richard Middleton)
Of a man often misunderstood by Americans, whose life offers valuable lessons for the coming time of national renewal. Bonus content about insane Indian ethnonarcissism!
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/09/22/cornwallis-soldier-and-statesman-in-a-revolutionary-world-richard-middleton/).
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22 September 2025, 6:46 pm - 21 minutes 49 secondsThe Essential Paul Gottfried: Essays from 1984–2024 (Paul Gottfried)
A new collection of crucial writings from the fantastic Paul Gottfried. And of the future of Left and Right.
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22 August 2025, 7:20 pm - 42 minutes 10 secondsOn the United Kingdom, and 1989 Eastern Europe as Harbinger
A complete analysis of the turbulent near future of the regime which, for a short while longer, rules the United Kingdom, through the lens of the end of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989.
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18 August 2025, 1:41 pm - 19 minutes 44 secondsStoner (John Williams)
A semi-famous work of fiction about a failed life, with lessons about how you, too, can be a failure if you don't act like a man.
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21 July 2025, 3:38 pm - 24 minutes 31 secondsA Medieval Life: Cecilia Penifader and the World of English Peasants Before the Plague (Judith M. Bennett)
A competent brief history of medieval English peasantry, unfortunately distorted and largely ruined by rancid feminist bias.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/06/17/a-medieval-life-cecilia-penifader-and-the-world-of-english-peasants-before-the-plague-judith-m-bennett/).
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17 June 2025, 4:53 pm - 19 minutes 35 secondsSons of the Waves: The Common Seaman in the Heroic Age of Sail (Stephen Taylor)
An interesting study of the life of seamen in the age of sail, and of why Churchill was partially wrong about "rum, sodomy, and the lash."
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/06/06/sons-of-the-waves-the-common-seaman-in-the-heroic-age-of-sail-stephen-taylor/).
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6 June 2025, 2:10 pm - 25 minutes 7 secondsJohn Chrysostom on the Roman Empire: A Study on the Political Thought of the Early Church (Constantine Bozinis)
Of empire, democracy, and mixed government, through the prism of one of the greatest Fathers of the Church.
The written version of this review can be found here (https://theworthyhouse.com/2025/05/22/john-chrysostom-on-the-roman-empire-a-study-on-the-political-thought-of-the-early-church-constantine-bozinis/).
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