Thinking Ourselves into Oblivion

Thinking Ourselves into Oblivion

Why We Think What We Think: The Rise and Fall of Western Thought By Dan LeRoy. Sophia Institute Press, 2024. Paperback, 240 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger.  “How did we get from a world in which some of the smartest people in recorded history were...
The Achievement of the Irish Poets

The Achievement of the Irish Poets

Catholic Modernism and the Irish “Avant-Garde”: The Achievement of Brian Coffey, Denis Devlin, and Thomas MacGreevy By James Matthew Wilson. Catholic University of America Press, 2024. Paperback, 488 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. Although...
Contra Materialism and Gnosticism

Contra Materialism and Gnosticism

The Great Campaign Against The Great Reset By Jason Jones. Crisis Publications, 2024. Hardcover, 240 Pages, $21.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger.  It is well known that anxiety, depression, and suicide rates have exploded among adolescents in recent years. While...
Correcting the Historical Record on Slavery

Correcting the Historical Record on Slavery

The Worst of Indignities: The Catholic Church on Slavery By Paul Kengor. Emmaus Road Publishing, 2023. Hardcover, 304 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger.  When explaining why he was Catholic, G.K. Chesterton observed that there are thousands of reasons all...
Thinking as a Human Being

Thinking as a Human Being

Thinking about Thinking: Mind and Meaning in the Era of Techno-Nihilism James D. Madden. Cascade Books, 2023. Paperback, 220 pages, $29. Reviewed by David Weinberger. Ever wonder what it means to have a mind? Is thinking, for example, unique to the human species? Or...