The Origin of the Secular Species

The Origin of the Secular Species

by | Sep 29, 2019

Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World by Tom Holland. Basic Books, 2019. Hardcover, 624 pages, $32. Reviewed by Ben Sixsmith “Just as the Bishop of Oxford refused to consider that he might be descended from an ape,” Tom Holland writes cleverly in the...
Stranger Malls

Stranger Malls

by | Sep 29, 2019

Stranger Things, Season 3 Directed by the Duffer Brothers. Netflix, 2019. Reviewed by Titus Techera The third season of Stranger Things, the hit science-fiction horror series on Netflix, should have been called “Love at the Mall.” The action revolves around the...
The Socialist You Should Be Reading

The Socialist You Should Be Reading

by | Sep 22, 2019

The Story of the Amulet by Edith Nesbit. Virago Modern Classics, 2017 (First published by T. Fisher Unwin, 1906) Softcover, 301 pages, $12. Reviewed by Rebekah Curtis Edith Nesbit is the ideal children’s author. Her imagination is vast, her skill for verisimilitude...
The Secular Myth

The Secular Myth

by | Sep 22, 2019

Western Culture Today and Tomorrow: Addressing the Fundamental Issues by Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger. Ignatius Press, 2019. Paperback, 170 pages, $17. Reviewed by Casey Chalk An old friend of mine recently declared that individual American citizens cannot advocate...
How Conservatives Can Come Home

How Conservatives Can Come Home

by | Sep 15, 2019

This interview with Ted V. McAllister and Bruce P. Frohnen, authors of Coming Home: Reclaiming America’s Conservative Soul, covers topics including the necessary connection between history and idealism and the enduring relationship of opportunity and equality in the...