High School Students Encounter “The Conservative Mind”
By David G. Bonagura, Jr. “I think the greatest lesson that The Conservative Mind taught me was that conservatism, in its essence, is very different from other ‘isms’ (liberalism, communism, socialism, etc.) in that it is not an ideology. Rather, it is a way of...
The Order that Transcends the Upheavals
The Persistence of Order, Vol. I: Essays on Religion and Culture Edited by Christopher Dawson and T. F. Burns. Cluny Media, 2019. Paperback, 304 pages, $19.95 The Persistence of Order, Vol. II: Essays on Politics and Society Edited by Christopher Dawson and...
Lessons from a Forgotten Papacy
The Pearl of Great Price: Pius VI & the Sack of Rome by Christian Browne. Arouca Press, 2020 Paperback, 146 pages, $16.95 Review by David G. Bonagura, Jr. American knowledge of the Roman Catholic papacy does not run deep. It begins in the fifth century with Pope...
Persuasion in the Age of Twitter
How to Win an Argument: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Persuasion by Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated and edited by James M. May. Princeton University Press, 2016. Hardcover, 288 pages, $17. Reviewed by David G. Bonagura, Jr. It is no secret that American public...
Thinking Ourselves into Oblivion ----- @DWeinberger03 reviews Why We Think What We Think: The Rise and Fall of Western Thought by Dan LeRoy. @sophiapress
The “Christian Nationalism” Canard--@tomsarroufjr reviews "Why #ChristianNationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church" by @MDH_GFU.