The Centrality of Civic Virtue
The Roots of Liberalism: What Faithful Knights and the Little Match Girl Taught Us about Civic Virtue By F. H. Buckley. Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover, 296 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by David Hein. In his latest book, F. H. Buckley, a professor at George Mason...
The Leadership of George Marshall
The Making of a Leader: The Formative Years of George C. Marshall By Josiah Bunting III. Knopf, 2024. Hardcover, 272 pages, $30. Reviewed by David Hein. Although long in gestation, this study of the formation of General George C. Marshall would have benefited from...
Wielding Weighty Words to Salvage the World
The Fortunes of Permanence: Culture and Anarchy in an Age of Amnesia By Roger Kimball. St. Augustine’s Press, 2022. Paperback, 360 pages, $26.00. Reviewed by David Hein. Not unlike a prime Bordeaux, this collection of essays, originally published in hardcover in...
Writing, Teaching, Virtues
On Revision: The Only Writing That Counts by William Germano. University of Chicago Press, 2021. Paperback, 208 pages, $20. Reviewed by David Hein William Germano, a seasoned teacher and writer who has served as editor-in-chief at Columbia University Press and...
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