Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching Edited by Dale Ahlquist and Michael Warren Davis. Sophia Institute Press, 2024. Hardcover, 240 pages, $21.95. Reviewed by John C. “Chuck” Chalberg. If the editors of this collection win the day, a new “ism” will be...
Woodrow Wilson: The Light Withdrawn By Christopher Cox. Simon and Schuster, 2024. Hardcover, 640 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by John C. “Chuck” Chalberg. “The light withdrawn . . .” The line is borrowed from John Greenleaf Whittier’s poem “Ichabod.” Woodrow Wilson as...
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...
America Last: The Right’s Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators By Jacob Heilbrunn. Liveright, 2024. Hardcover, 264 pages, $28.99. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg. Paul Hollander, wherever he is, need not worry. The best book by far on an American romance with...
Never Say You’ve Had a Lucky Life: Especially If You’ve Had a Lucky Life By Joseph Epstein. Free Press, 2024. Hardcover, 304 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg. Never? Maybe saying so really is OK, especially when you know that you had little to...
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