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January 2025

Reviews of Strange Religious Books: Volume I
The best book (epic poem) ever, Jungian shadowstuff both pleasurable and nightmarish, a 21st century history of 2nd century gnosticism, and the religion…
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The Everest Fallacy
A method for making better decisions should you ever find yourself in Kathmandu, or paying for SEO, or hoping to see the Supreme Court.
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Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume 4
Bryan Caplan, the birth of science, eusociality, a page a day book, StoryBrand, how to 10x your productivity by playing World of Warcraft for 30 minutes…
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Ten Child Sex Abuse Rings in Search of a Narrative - 2025
I revisit a 2018 post on the Rotherham child sex abuse scandal.
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Why Did They Really Close Schools?
Okay, that title is a little bit clickbait-y, but I do think there was one big reason for closing schools during the pandemic that (almost?) no one is…
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December 2024

Short Fiction Book Reviews: Volume II
An actual gentleman in the Soviet Union, an alien gentleman in Cambridge, a lot of psychopaths pretending to be gentlemen in the south of France, and…
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Band of Brothers? - Women on the Front Lines
A discussion of women in combat, with some weak steel-manning of the side I disagree with. Also many reflections on the miniseries and book "Band of…
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Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume 3
WEIRD gods, intelligence, both natural and artificial, the (mis)management of savagery, two books on investing, anti-productivity, history to make you…
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R.W. Richey

November 2024

Mid-length Non-fiction Book Reviews: Volume 2
AI skepticism—road-trips through rural China—the philosophy of grand strategy and leisure—Libertarianism—another mediocre business book—another amazing…
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A Review of Nate Silver: The Election and His Book "On the Edge"
He talks about the Village, and the River, but what we really need is a Redoubt.
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Evaluating Epstein: Conspiracies and a Review of One Nation Under Blackmail
How does one evaluate the evidence for a conspiracy?
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