by Pedro Blas González | May 5, 2013
Pedro Blas González The true lover of learning then must from his earliest youth, as far as in him lies, desire all truth. —Plato Part One of Two.In the allegory of the cave, perhaps Plato’s most famous image, in Book VII of the Republic, the philosopher sets out on...
by George H. Nash | Apr 29, 2013
The Conservative Mind, From Burke to Santayana by Russell Kirk. South Bend, Indiana: Gateway Editions, 1978. $5.95 in paperback. Sixth revised edition.For the radical libertarian, “it usually begins with Ayn Rand.” So, at least, claimed a book of that title published...
by Chuck Chalberg | Apr 28, 2013
Coolidge by Amity Shlaes. HarperCollins, 2013. Hardback, 565 pages, $35. Coolidge. The title is as spare and direct as the subject. Building on her previous book, The Forgotten Man, Amity Shlaes might have added “The Forgotten President.” Then again, perhaps she...