Flyover Takes
BenHeartland dispatches from a recovering coastal elite. Mostly book reviews covering history, music, movies, and occasionally politics.
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“Without Reason or Art”
I recently cracked the code on a mystery that’s been bothering me for years.
There’s a common story told in art history about the French art that precedes Impressionism. Two schools in particular, the Barbizon School and the Realists, are...
The End of Reading, in Bullet Points
The August 2026 Atlantic cover story is called “The End of Reading is Here.” I will both prove and disprove its thesis, because I did read it and I have read some of the media theorists that Rose Horowitch cites. And, rather than writing lo...
"Abundance" is too many syllables
I remember when Abundance came out I was talking to a friend with lots of political campaign experience. His review: “great book, everything in it is right, but they’re gonna need better branding. Abundance has too many syllables.”
Sad, bu...
Reform Needs Business
As readers of this blog will know, I’ve become obsessed with state capacity, the government’s ability to execute on its goals. As demonstrated by recent books like Abundance (my review here) and Why Nothing Works (two posts here and here),...
Nobody Was Satisfied. Everything Got Built.
American local government around 1900 has a bad reputation. It’s known as an era of “Machine Politics” and “Boss Rule.” Corrupt political parties divvied up public contracts and practiced open bribery. The backlash to this era is part of wh...
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