The Winding Road that Alasdair MacIntyre Has Traveled
Alasdair MacIntyre: An Intellectual Biography By Émile Perreau-Saussine. Translated by Nathan J. Pinkoski. University of Notre Dame Press, 2022. Hardcover, 216 pages, $40.00. Reviewed by Rev. Joseph Scolaro. The idea of a celebrity philosopher can sound a bit...
The Electoral Triumph of the New Deal
Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal By David Pietrusza. Diversion Books, 2022. Hardcover, 544 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by John Hendrickson. David Pietrusza is both a gifted historian and storyteller. He is also the “Dean”...
Ever Ancient, Ever New
The New Apologetics: Defending the Faith in a Post-Christian Era Edited by Matthew Nelson. Word on Fire Institute, 2022. Paperback, 288 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Scott D. Moringiello. I regularly teach “Introduction to Catholicism” at DePaul University. Of the 40...
Why America’s Foreign Policy Needs John Quincy Adams
America’s Rise and Fall among Nations: Lessons in Statecraft from John Quincy Adams By Angelo M. Codevilla. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, $30.99, 288 pages. Reviewed by John C. Chalberg. Angelo Codevilla is no longer with us, but his erudite wisdom and earthy wit...
More than Regime Change, We Need a New Cosmological Vision