The Character of the People is the Character of the Regime

The Character of the People is the Character of the Regime

by | Jun 8, 2025

Sparta’s Sicilian Proxy War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 418-413 B.C. By Paul A. Rahe. Encounter Books, 2023.  Hardcover, 376 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by David Talcott. “In their haste to identify a formula for politics that would be applicable to all...
Defending the Christian Faith

Defending the Christian Faith

by | Jun 1, 2025

100 Tough Questions for Catholics: Common Obstacles To Faith Today By David Bonagura Jr. Sophia Institute Press, 2025. Paperback, 176 pages, $17.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger.  “In the day to day trenches of adult life,” writes David Foster Wallace, “there is...
Poet on a Volcano

Poet on a Volcano

by | Jun 1, 2025

Horace: Poet on a Volcano By Peter Stothard.  Yale University Press, 2025.  Hardcover. 288 pages. $28. Reviewed by Nadya Williams. Once upon a time, a middle-aged poet climbed up to the top of the Sicilian volcano Mount Etna. He gazed a while with longing and rising...