The “Art of Being” and “The Art of Becoming”
Some Permanent Things, Second Edition By James Matthew Wilson. Wiseblood Books, 2022. Paperback, 162 pages, $15. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. During an interview a few years back, James Matthew Wilson was asked what he meant by the “good,” a fitting question for...
The Paradoxical Ideology
The Ideology of Democratism By Emily B. Finley. Oxford University Press, 2022. Hardcover, 232 pages, $54.00. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. A new poll by the University of Virginia Center of Politics found that American voters have a mutual mistrust of the other side and...
Democratism and False Equivalence
The Ideology of Democratism By Emily B. Finley. Oxford University Press, 2022. Hardcover, 232 pages, $54.00. Reviewed by James M. Patterson. On February 17, 2017, The Washington Post unveiled its new slogan, “Democracy Dies in Darkness,” as the newspaper took an...
Churchill in His Element
The River War: An Historical Account of the Reconquest of the Soudan By Winston S. Churchill with an introduction by James W. Muller and foreword by Lady Soames. St. Augustine’s Press, 2021. Hardcover, 1560 pages, $150. Reviewed by Frank A. von Hippel. Winston...
Timely, for sure. Hope @realdonaldtrump is reading.