Something Wicked This Way Comes

Something Wicked This Way Comes

Magus: The Art of Magic from Faustus to Agrippa By Anthony Grafton.  Belknap Press, 2023.  Hardcover, 304 pages, $39.95.  Reviewed by Jesse Russell. “Dame Frances Yates” is a name that usually does not cross the lips of the educated public. However, in the field of...
The Real Way to Build Back Better

The Real Way to Build Back Better

Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World By Thomas Griffin. Our Sunday Visitor, 2024. Paperback, 168 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by David G. Bonagura, Jr. The New Deal. The Great Society. No Child Left Behind. Build Back Better. The...
The Original Struggle Between Globalism and America First

The Original Struggle Between Globalism and America First

America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War By H. W. Brands.  Doubleday, 2024.  Hardcover, 464 pages, $35. Reviewed by John C. “Chuck” Chalberg. With the first Trump administration still a lively memory and a second Trump presidency just getting...