Letting the Princess Out of the Castle
How to Raise a Conservative Daughter by Michelle Easton. Regnery, 2021. Hardcover, 256 pages. $29. Reviewed by Elizabeth Bittner The challenges facing conservative parents seem to multiply by the day. How-to guides exist for any and everything under the sun, but what...
Conservatism Balanced and Unbalanced
The Right: The Hundred Year War for American Conservatism by Matthew Continetti. Basic Books, 2022. Hardback, 496 pages, $32. Reviewed by Paul Krause The election of Donald Trump in 2016 marked a watershed moment for American politics and in particular for the...
Laugh, It’ll Be Alright
How to Destroy Western Civilization and Other Ideas from The Cultural Abyss by Peter Kreeft. Ignatius Press, 2021. Paperback, 182 pages, $17.95. Reviewed by Robert Grant Price. One caricature of a conservative is a man (always old, always white) shouting at clouds....
Not in Kansas
Bad News: How Woke Media Is Undermining Democracy. By Batya Ungar-Sargon. Encounter Books, 2021. Hardcover, 234 pages, $28.99. Reviewed by John C. “Chuck” Chalberg. Do you remember a book by Thomas Frank published not too many years ago? Its unusual title was...
Smith’s claims are sobering, but they do raise important questions related to how to be religious and pass on the Christian faith in the modern age. - @PhilDavignon
We live in a world thirsty for beauty and goodness and truth. Perhaps it was always this way, and perhaps denizens of every other age felt like it was all just on the verge of slipping away. Whether this is just the normal weight of human life or not, it does feel heavy. But…