Ancestry, Time, and the Intimacy of Being

Ancestry, Time, and the Intimacy of Being

by | Aug 18, 2019

By Pedro Blas González Ancestry and Time From what primordial field comes the seed that breathes life into me? I ponder about the thoughts and aspirations of my ancestors. In order to keep life in perspective, we must reflect about things that once were and are no...
The Education of Clarence Thomas

The Education of Clarence Thomas

by | Aug 11, 2019

Clarence Thomas and the Lost Constitution by Myron Magnet. Encounter, 2019. Hardcover, 168 pages, $24. Reviewed by Peter Wood Clarence Thomas graduated cum laude from the College of Holy Cross in Massachusetts in 1971 and received a J.D. from Yale University in 1974....
Tertullian and the Rise of Religious Freedom

Tertullian and the Rise of Religious Freedom

by | Aug 11, 2019

Liberty in the Things of God: The Christian Origins of Religious Freedom by Robert Louis Wilken. Yale University Press, 2019. Hardcover, 248 pages, $26. Reviewed by Mark L. Movsesian The conventional history of religious freedom in the West, the one most of us have...
Enlisting in Meaning

Enlisting in Meaning

by | Aug 11, 2019

Did You Kill Anyone? Reunderstanding My Military Experience As A Critique of Modern Culture by Scott Beauchamp Zero Books, 2020. Paperback, 144 pages, $17. Reviewed by Anthony M. Barr The first time I considered enlisting in the U.S. Navy, I was eighteen years old,...
Language, Chance, and Science

Language, Chance, and Science

by | Aug 4, 2019

The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language by John H. McWhorter. Oxford University Press, 2016. Hardcover, 208 pages, $20. Reviewed by Gene Callahan John H. McWhorter is a linguist at Columbia University, and a fascinating and sometimes...