Dr. Jeffrey Polet

by | May 30, 2019

Dr. Jeffrey Polet Jeff Polet is Director of the Ford Leadership Forum at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation. Previously he was a Professor of Political Science at Hope College, and before that at Malone College in Canton, OH. A native of West Michigan, he...
More Than Mildly Amusing

More Than Mildly Amusing

by | May 26, 2019

Mr. Mehan’s Mildly Amusing Mythical Mammals by Matthew Mehan. TAN Books, 2018. Hardcover, 135 pages. $24.95. Reviewed by Elizabeth Bittner Few people have the chance to write a book with their best friend. Few Shakespeare scholars choose to write children’s books....
What Makes the Midwest Midwestern?

What Makes the Midwest Midwestern?

by | May 26, 2019

Finding a New Midwestern History edited by Jon K. Lauck, Gleaves Whitney, and Joseph Hogan. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2018. Hardcover, 365 pp. $55. Reviewed by Jonathan Kasparek The field of Midwestern history is in the midst of an exciting renaissance as...
Fear Your Toaster

Fear Your Toaster

by | May 26, 2019

Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-Connected World by Bruce Schneier W. W. Norton & Company, 2018. Hardcover, 288 pages, $28. Reviewed by Michael J. Ard What happens when everything is a computer, connected to everything else? How then...
Ideology Unbounded in San Francisco

Ideology Unbounded in San Francisco

by | May 19, 2019

Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and Ten Days That Shook San Francisco by Daniel J. Flynn. Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2018. Hardcover, 288 pages, $28. Reviewed by Matthew Stokes Conservatives of all stripes learn at a very young age that there are certain...