The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe By Kevin R. C. Gutzman. St. Martin’s Press, 2022. Hardcover, 608 pages, $37. Reviewed by Adam L. Tate. It seems that in every age, the politically frustrated harken back to better days....
An Anti-Federalist Constitution: The Development of Dissent in the Ratification Debates By Michael J. Faber. University Press of Kansas, 2019. Hardcover, 536 pages, $55. Reviewed by Adam L. Tate. The battle over ratification of the United States Constitution between...
Decades ago, Robert Nisbet anticipated many of today’s concerns about loneliness, bureaucracy, and declining community. Luke C. Sheahan (@lsheahan) revisits the ideas behind those warnings and their relevance today.
Questions about first principles have become fashionable again. @HorcherF and @DanJTPitt apply generosity to smooth contention between intellectuals and politicians, they embrace the tension between theory and practice, and they highlight the power of particularity as a source of