New audiobook release: A Dialog between the Head and Heart, by Thomas Jefferson

Today I am happy to announce the release of the very short audio for Thomas Jefferson's interesting letter "A Dialog between the Head and Heart", which reaches just past 30 minutes long. Yes, it is a very short recording, but this one is a little different than most others I work on.

This recording is a compilation; that is, there are three voices present that are seemingly talking to each other in a way. One of the recordings in this I recorded.

This does not signal my triumphant return to the microphone though. I wish. I still have a very noisy environment that for now is only getting worse. It has me very frustrated but it isn't changing.

In any case about this letter: This is one of those things that has the potential to humanize the Founders. We in 2026 often times look toward the Founding Fathers just as a list of policy prescriptions but sometimes it is easy to forget: These were actually real people. They were real men and women and they did really amazing things. It is easy to look to the writings of the Founders and get policy inspiration but it is important to understand that one of the key poisons of progressivism is their insane campaign of de-humanization which the progressives have engaged in against the founding of our great republic.

This Head and Heart letter was written apparently while Jefferson had a broken wrist or arm, its actually quite amazing. We conceived of producing this letter as a compilation probably 12 years ago but back then I was merely a soloist in my recordings and was not set up to produce things like this which are much more interesting. During those times, the discussions and conception of this were during what were at the time (I did not know) some of the last years of our Tea Party meetings. I really miss those days, and I miss those people.

Jefferson's Head and Heart letter is a part of an LV collection, the last entry of the series 022. So just scroll to the bottom of the page and it is there.

New audiobook release: The Life of Calvin Coolidge, by Horace Green

Today, The Life of Calvin Coolidge by Horace Green is available. If you remember not long ago I pointed out that LibriVox has the Coolidge autobiography, so it is good that both are now getting coverage on this content platform.

Calvin Coolidge is very likely the best president over the last 150 years, at least I think so. He has the unique distinction of having being the only one who has defeated both the left wing progressives, as represented by the Wilsonians, as well as the right wing progressives, as represented by the Bull Moose. After World War I, anything related to war-time centralized planning was completely dismantled. Nobody else has such a distinguished record in the modern era, it is Peak Calvin Coolidge.

Please enjoy this recorded work, and if audio books are not your thing do not forget. The provided links also contain the PDF source so all of you readers are not lost here. You also have the text and I'm happy for you to take the time learning more about the life of this wonderful man if you are so inclined.

The 1912 Progressive Party: Was it left wing progressivism or was it right wing progressivism?

People don't like to discuss progressivism. They don't like to discuss the progressive party. It doesn't really make any sense to me, these are some of the most important things we ought to be discussing.

Here is the party platform of the Progressive Party. What do you see?

One of the very first declarations is for the direct election of senators - essentially the 17th amendment. Is this left wing or right wing?

It calls for nationalizing issues out of the hands of the states. Is this left wing or right wing?

There's social justice and industrial justice. Is this left wing or right wing?

The creation of a department of labor.

The creation of a National Health Service.

A progressive income tax.

Distribution of immigrants all across the countryside, not just concentrated in the cities.

Are these things left wing or right wing?

You should read the entire platform. There are items I did not address. And if you do not want to read the party platform? You can listen to a recorded version of the entire Progressive Party platform, here.

New audiobook release: Out of the Dark, by Helen Keller

Today I'm happy to make a mention that Out of the Dark, a book written by Helen Keller, is now ready as downloadable audio.

This book is interesting in that it is where Keller describes "how I became a socialist". Some of you may find that just as curious as I do as to what her reasonings were.

https://librivox.org/out-of-the-dark-by-helen-keller/

New audiobook release: Reflections on Violence, by George Sorel

Today I'm happy to announce the availability of the book Reflections on Violence, by George Sorel. A lot can be said about this book, but one of the keys to it is that the outlook it carries was instrumental to the syndicalism that motivated radicals in Italy in the early 20th century. It is a little outside of my normal focus but someone else started this work and then abandoned it, and I am aware of this book's importance.

It's been somewhat slow over at LibriVox these days, not that I haven't been trying and working on getting new works completed. This particular one was actually finished some time ago but I had forgot about it. For those who know what this is about, this is a very useful work to have discussions over. I'll be continuing to work on completing new audio books as I can get them completed and will let you know when they finish.

New audiobook release: An Appeal to the Inhabitants of the British Empire, by William Wilberforce

Full book title: An Appeal to the Religion, Justice, and Humanity of the Inhabitants of the British Empire, in behalf of the Negro Slaves in the West Indies

This work speaks for itself. There is more I would like to say about it, but I'll do so later.

New audiobook release: War Memories of an Army Chaplain, by Henry Clay Trumbull

Earlier this year in March, the book War Memories of an Army Chaplain by Henry C. Trumbull was completed as audio. I don't always make a fuss out of every single work we finish around here, I sometimes choose to avoid feature creep and some works I pick up simply for collaborative reasons. This work was recommended to me by an acquaintance at church and I am very strongly oriented toward home schoolers so it stirred my thoughts.

That said, it has come to my attention that in the last six months the popularity of this work has ballooned, and the downloads are reaching toward 50,000.

Popularity alone isn't the reason to highlight this because I do know better: My referencing of something is going to get it like an additional 10 views - a drop in the bucket. The question is about quality. Quality in either the recording itself that is attracting people and/or quality in the author's original work as highlighted by this new audio book. I happen to think the recordings all came out really good but either way as a quality item I wanted to share it further and leave it up to everyone else to decide.

As to the content itself, Trumbull tells his experiences ministering to the wounded out on the battlefield.