tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post1401025958298754517..comments2024-03-18T22:21:01.033-04:00Comments on Grim's Hall: Seven Books Every Conservative Should ReadGrimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-90145257708983856442016-08-22T03:51:20.194-04:002016-08-22T03:51:20.194-04:00My reading list grows longer at a much faster rate...My reading list grows longer at a much faster rate than I can consume books.<br />That's excellent, Grim.douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03241790925053112959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-12899074046016939842016-08-20T18:08:50.168-04:002016-08-20T18:08:50.168-04:00My rule of thumb is that whenever anyone describes...My rule of thumb is that whenever anyone describes them as a "conservative," you should ask what they want to conserve. By the same token, if anyone describes themselves as a "progressive," you should ask what they take to be progress. Grimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07543082562999855432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-9804252881453921222016-08-20T14:03:17.024-04:002016-08-20T14:03:17.024-04:00I don't know what conservative means, either, ...I don't know what conservative means, either, but it looks like there's some good reading here.Tomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-64787076856246737932016-08-20T12:21:28.169-04:002016-08-20T12:21:28.169-04:00Hmmm.....I've been saying for a while I'm ...Hmmm.....I've been saying for a while I'm not sure anymore what "conservative" means.<br /><br />But trying to think back to books that actually had an effect on how I thought to look at things, I come up with: <br /><br />Aristotle.<br />Epictetus--Enchridion.<br />Marcus Aurelius--Meditations<br />Paul Johnson--Intelectuals (and I read the back cover blurb of his book "Birth of the Modern" thought 'hey he's right' and didn't bother to read the book.)<br />George Orwell--"The Road to Wigan Pier" also his essay "Politics and the English Language" which I think should be reread every year or so. <br />Eric Blairnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-87239718526903780312016-08-19T17:27:25.946-04:002016-08-19T17:27:25.946-04:00The book that began my leaving the left was The L...The book that began my leaving the left was <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Carlos-Rangel/e/B001JOAX44/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1471641358&sr=1-2-ent" rel="nofollow">The Latin Americans: Their Love-Hate Relationship with the United States</a>, by the Venezuelan journalist Carlos Rangel. I bought it in Venezuela, in the original Spanish edition, which has a title rather different from the English version: Del Buen Salvaje al Buen Revolucionario. [From the Good Savage to the Good Revolutionary.]<br /><br />I had been noticing that my perceptions of Latin America on the ground level were decidedly different from the "progressive" catechism on Latin America that I had picked up at university in the US. The book gave additional intellectual backbone to what I had perceived.<br />Gringonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5173950.post-59411948198403028202016-08-19T12:57:26.587-04:002016-08-19T12:57:26.587-04:00Here are a couple of my suggestions in no particul...Here are a couple of my suggestions in no particular order:<br /><br />de Vattel, Emer, <b>The Law of Nations or, Principles of the Law of Nature, Applied to the Conduct and Affairs of Nations and Sovereigns</b> <br /><br />Greenspan, Alan, <b>The Map and the Territory</b><br /><br />Nau, Henry R, <b>Conservative Internationalism: Armed Diplomacy under Jefferson, Polk, Truman, and Reagan</b><br /><br />Locke, John, <b>Second Treatise of Government</b><br /><br />Smith, Adam, <b>An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations</b><br /><br />de Soto, Hernando, <b>The Mystery of Capital: Why Capitalism Triumphs in the West and Fails Everywhere Else</b><br /><br />Eric Hines <br /><br />E Hineshttp://aplebessite.comnoreply@blogger.com