Jon Hersey's Articles
Arts & Culture, Reviews
On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction, Seventh Edition, by William Zinsser
Jon Hersey December 6, 2017
William Zinsser’s On Writing Well is an outstanding guide for anyone who writes nonfiction. Whether you write emails or op-eds, family histories or scientific papers, reading and integrating Zinsser’s Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction is sure to prove of immense value.
Biographies, History, Politics & Rights
Wilberforce the Abolitionist: Monument to Perseverance
Jon Hersey November 25, 2017
The story of William Wilberforce is a gift to all who fight for freedom. It’s a reminder of the virtue of perseverance in righting wrongs.
Arts & Culture, Philosophy
Nobel Prize Awarded to Kazuo Ishiguro—Kindred Spirit of Balph Eubank (from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged)
Jon Hersey October 10, 2017
Ishiguro “uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world”—just like a villain from Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged.
Philosophy
Lt. Gen. Silveria’s Stand Against Racism, and His Unfortunate Paean to “Diversity”
Jon Hersey October 3, 2017
Lt. Gen. Silveria should be commended for standing up against racism, but his claim that the solution involves “diversity” is problematic at best.
Biographies, History
Thomas Jefferson: Word and Deed
Jon Hersey September 3, 2017
Thomas Jefferson, whatever his flaws, was an intellectual giant whose key ideas lit up the world and still guide us today. Were it not for him, our world would be less bright, less free.
History, Philosophy, Reviews
The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization, by Arthur Herman
Jon Hersey August 14, 2016
The Cave and the Light: Plato Versus Aristotle, and the Struggle for the Soul of Western Civilization, by Arthur Herman; reviewed by Jon Hersey.
