tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post3795225303945373380..comments2023-11-30T10:43:33.130-06:00Comments on Reading Freely: A Hobbit, A Wardrobe, and a Great WarStephenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-26026158243711421042018-04-13T16:46:01.749-05:002018-04-13T16:46:01.749-05:00Definitely. We lost too many people, destroyed too...Definitely. We lost too many people, destroyed too many institutions and legal precrdents..since ww1 the state has been unstoppable. Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-84220620430732159732018-04-13T16:44:39.889-05:002018-04-13T16:44:39.889-05:00You may be interested in an interview Art of Manli...You may be interested in an interview Art of Manliness did with the author. I shared it here a year or so ago. I would link to it but am out of town and commenting via phone. A search for "myth of progress" might bring it up. Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15097908023032528200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-50051921895011912662018-04-12T22:13:48.236-05:002018-04-12T22:13:48.236-05:00i think there's a real case to made that weste...i think there's a real case to made that western culture has been on a downward slide since WW1... and a person would have to know an awful lot more about T&L's war experiences to make the assertions that their books in some measure derived from those experiences... like, "what did you do in the war, daddy?"...Mudpuddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17194891656971454279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-980951139270141970.post-88293571714145443132018-04-12T21:42:31.550-05:002018-04-12T21:42:31.550-05:00I had heard about this book from several sources. ...I had heard about this book from several sources. I would like to read it. I also admire the work of both authors. The book’s premise sounds interesting. I would like to learn more about it. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.com