When Virginians Ruled (or, Against Political Nostalgia)
The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe By Kevin R. C. Gutzman. St. Martin’s Press, 2022. Hardcover, 608 pages, $37. Reviewed by Adam L. Tate. It seems that in every age, the politically frustrated harken back to better days....
The Inspiration We Need
By Strange Ways: Theologians and Their Paths to the Catholic Church Edited by Jonathan Fuqua and Daniel Strudwick. Ignatius Press, 2022. Paperback, 300 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Thomas Griffin. Conversion, the redirecting of one’s life towards God and truth, is the...
A Very American Historian
C. Vann Woodward: America’s Historian By James C. Cobb. University of North Carolina Press, 2022. Hardcover, 504 pages, $37.50. Reviewed by John C. Chalberg. Should C. Vann Woodward be regarded as America’s historian? Given his career and this biography, a more...
Arguing the Unarguable Thing
Tearing Us Apart: How Abortion Harms Everything and Solves Nothing By Ryan T. Anderson and Alexandra DeSanctis. Regnery Publishing, 2022. Hardcover, 256 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Nicole M. King. It is common practice for professors (or teaching assistants) of English...
A pleasure to review @joldmcginn's fine book, WHY DEMOCRACY NEEDS THE RICH.
https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/how-should-we-think-about-inequality/
With thanks to my man, @lsheahan, who is giving @ubookman some "oomph" these days.
The radical materialist culture of the last two hundred years, equally common to both the Communist East and the capitalist West, has brought in its wake a high degree of material and technological advancement, with many obvious benefits for mankind. - William Scott on Aleksandr