Preview Mode Links will not work in preview mode

Sep 9, 2010

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Chapter 2 -- The First Obstacles:

"Now before I set about arguing these things, there is a cloud of skirmishers, of harmless and confused modern sceptics, who ought to be cleared off or calmed down before we come to debate with the real doctors of the...


Sep 5, 2010

"Eugenics and Other Evils," by G.K. Chesterton, published in 1922.

Narrator's Introduction:

For the next few paragraphs I will speak for myself, to set the stage for G.K. Chesterton's book, and to suggest why I believe it is still an important book.

I think G.K. Chesterton explains his book rather well in his...


Hiber-Nation 102 -- SPECIAL! Terry Fallis' "The High Road," Chapter 1

Jul 31, 2010

After a certain amount of begging and whining, Terry Fallis, author of the political satire "The Best Laid Plans" (winner of the Stephen Leacock Award for Humor) that I reviewed a long while back, gave me permission to share the first chapter of his new sequel, "The High Road," here in the Hiber-Nation. 

If you've...


May 13, 2010

Chapter 9, "Authority and the Adventurer" (the last chapter)

 

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

 

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

 

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen...


May 6, 2010

Chapter 8, "The Romance of Orthodoxy"

 

"Orthodoxy," a series of essays by Gilbert Keith Chesterton, and a Sequel to "Heretics."

 

Book Theme: "The Rule," by Kevin MacLeod

 

Series Theme: Pachelbel's "Canon in D," performed by Owen...