Whether the Heart Has Its Reasons of Which It Knows Nothing
Why We Are Restless: On the Modern Quest for Contentment By Benjamin Storey and Jenna Silber Storey. Princeton University Press, 2021. Hardcover, 264 pages, $27.95. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. My parents’ wish is for me to be happy is a phrase so often quoted to...
On the Need for Property and Virtue
Plutocratic Socialism: The Future of Private Property and the Fate of the Middle Class. Mark T. Mitchell. Front Porch Republic Books, 2022. Paperback, 180 pages, $23. Reviewed by Michael P. Federici. Every age eventually faces the challenge of what in recent times has...
Talking Race: Community Over Conflict
All One in Christ: A Catholic Critique of Racism and Critical Race Theory By Edward Feser. Ignatius Press, 2022. Paperback, 163 pages, $17.95. Reviewed by William H. Rooney. In All One in Christ: A Catholic Critique of Racism and Critical Race Theory, philosopher...
Sexuality and Gender: Returning to the Sources
Origen’s Revenge: The Greek and Hebrew Roots of Christian Thinking on Male and Female By Brian Patrick Mitchell. Pickwick Publications, 2021. Hardcover, 280 pages, $49.00. Reviewed by Father Lawrence Farley. Once in a very long while one finds a volume that checks...
Continuing in our celebration of the centenary of "Democracy and Leadership" by Irving Babbitt, reviewer Claes G. Ryn discusses the hostile reactions to Babbitt's views in his time.