For Liberty or Tyranny?
John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court by Richard Brookhiser. Basic Books, 2018. Hardcover, 324 pages, $30. Reviewed by Addison Del Mastro Historian and biographer Richard Brookhiser offers here a moderately short, easy to read, and quite in-depth review of...
Best of Bacevich
Twilight of the American Century By Andrew J. Bacevich. University of Notre Dame Press, 2018. Paper, 469 pages, $25. Reviewed by Mark G. Brennan I read everything written by Andrew Bacevich with a maniacal obsession. His work provides a glimmer of hope for a return to...
Create Your Own Tradition?
The Common Rule: Habits of Purpose for an Age of Distraction by Justin Whitmel Earley. IVP Books, 2019. Paperback, 204 pages, $18. Reviewed by Casey Chalk “There is nothing new except what has been forgotten,” observed Marie Antoinette. Many such forgotten things that...
A Great Yarn
From Fire, by Water: My Journey to the Catholic Faithby Sohrab Ahmari. Ignatius Press, 2019. Hardcover, 240 pages, $23. Reviewed by Matthew Hennessey If you’re going to write a book about your religious conversion it’d better be a great yarn. And if you’re going to...
Timely, for sure. Hope @realdonaldtrump is reading.