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In between writing and teaching, I stick my fingers into as many cultural sockets as I can, in the hope of being electroshocked back into incoherence.

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  1. Issue · Sep 22, 2026

    The Commonplace Book: Volume I, pp. 32-52 (opens the original)

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    Exploring the forbidden loyalties & forgotten names contained within my Commonplace Book.Grab yourself a copy of Volume I of that Commonplace Book by becoming a monthly or annual subscriber to my Substack—OR!…by ordering one for yourself directly through this link here.

  2. Issue · Sep 13, 2026

    Jihad in the Balkans (opens the original)

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    The following is adapted from The New Cavalier Reading Society’s upcoming history of Islam in the 20th century.June 25th 1991. Michael Jordan has just defeated Magic Johnson’s Lakers in five—the first championship of the first threepeat—Johnny Carson’s successor has been announced (Jay Leno), and Boris Yeltsin has been elected the first president of a non-communist Russia. While Yugoslavia, a country since 1918 and a Socialist Federal Republic since 1945, is falling apart…Two of its six constitu

  3. Issue · Sep 6, 2026

    Ancient Greece & Philosophy | Unlost Causes (opens the original)

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    And we’re back exploring the greatest of all forbidden loyalties & forgotten names—Ancient Greece!This week is the history of Classical Greece—479BC to 399BC—from the Persian Wars through the beauty of Greek Tragedy and into the Peloponnesian War before meeting Socrates and witnessing the invention of philosophy as we know it.Listen to the entire 30-min… Read more

  4. Issue · Sep 5, 2026

    The Commonplace Book: Volume I, pp. 10-32 (opens the original)

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    Exploring the forbidden loyalties & forgotten names contained within my Commonplace Book.Grab yourself a copy of Volume I of that Commonplace Book by becoming a monthly or annual subscriber to my Substack—OR!…by ordering one for yourself directly through this link here.

  5. Issue · Aug 29, 2026

    Ancient Greece, Part 1 | Unlost Causes (opens the original)

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    This week we’re exploring the greatest of all forbidden loyalties & forgotten names—Ancient Greece.First up—Archaic Greece, 776BC to 479BC—from the Bronze Age Collapse to Greece’s emergence from the Dark Ages to the rise of Sparta & Athens—all the way through to the Persian Wars and the advent of freedom.Listen to the entire 30-minute episode by becomin… Read more

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