The Intrinsic Argument for Free Speech
The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage By Jonathan Turley. Simon & Schuster, 2024. Hardcover, 432 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by Luke C. Sheahan. Free speech lurks amid many of the controversies of the last several centuries. From Charles I’s infamous...
Sister Mariella Gable: Pioneer and Prophet
A Theology of Fiction By Cassandra Nelson. Wiseblood Books, 2025. Paperback, 116 pages, $10. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. A bit north and then west of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, one can stumble across an unincorporated community called...
The Visionary Stigmatists and the Hope of Mercy
The Stigmatists: Their Gifts, Their Revelations, Their Warnings By Paul Kengor. TAN Books, 2024. Hardcover, 416 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Paul Krause. The crucifixion of Christ is the central event in Christianity, for, as Saint Paul says in his letter to the...
Challenging the Contraceptive Mind
Hannah’s Children: The Women Quietly Defying the Birth Dearth By Catherine Ruth Pakaluk. Regnery Gateway, 2024. Hardcover, 400 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Sarah Reardon. “We all come from divorce,” Wendell Berry once said, in an interview in Laura Dunn’s film The...
Ah, just your typical 663-page light summer beach read for a @ubookman book review. Makes Wealth of Nations look like a Substack essay.