The Rise of the World Builders
World Builders: Technology and the New Geopolitics By Bruno Maçães. Cambridge University Press, 2025. Hardcover, 274 pages, $29.95 Reviewed by Trevor Shelley. The geopolitical analyst, former diplomat, Harvard PhD (under Harvey Mansfield), global columnist, and...
The Martyrs Have Not Gone Away
The Martyrs of the New Millennium: The Global Persecutions of Christians in the Twenty-First Century By Robert Royal. Sophia Institute Press, 2025. Hardcover, 280 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Rev. Anthony D. Andreassi, C.O. Since the liturgical reforms of the Second...
Principle and Pragmatism in Law
The Preventive State: The Challenge of Preventing Serious Harms While Preserving Essential Liberties By Alan Dershowitz. Encounter Books, 2025. Hardcover, 240 pages, $29.99 Reviewed by Cary Federman. In the late 1960s, Alan Dershowitz, the Felix Frankfurter...
Acton Interns Explore the Conservative Disposition at 2025 Kirk Center Retreat
Acton Interns Explore the Conservative Disposition at 2025 Kirk Center Retreat The Russell Kirk Center welcomed Acton Institute interns for their annual intellectual retreat, focusing on the topic of “Russell Kirk and the Conservative Disposition.” To help the student...
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