Unmasking the Ideological Lie

Unmasking the Ideological Lie

The Persistence of the Ideological Lie: The Totalitarian Impulse Then and Now  By Daniel J. Mahoney.  Encounter Books, 2025. Hardcover, 168 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. At the beginning of The Persistence of the Ideological Lie, Daniel J. Mahoney points...
Lessons from Sparta

Lessons from Sparta

Sparta’s Third Attic War: The Grand Strategy of Classical Sparta, 413-404 B.C.  By Paul A. Rahe. Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover, 640 pages, $41.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In Sparta’s Third Attic War, Paul H. Rahe continues his multi-volume history of...
Roadmap for Downsizing the Administrative State

Roadmap for Downsizing the Administrative State

American Leviathan: The Birth of the Administrative State and Progressive Authoritarianism  By Ned Ryun.  Encounter Books, 2024. Paperback, 176 pages, $19.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In American Leviathan, Ned Ryun offers a cogent overview of the origins,...
Political Exodus in America

Political Exodus in America

American Refugees: The Untold Story of the Mass Exodus from Blue States to Red States By Roger L. Simon.  Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover, 232 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. American Refugees is a worthwhile and highly readable account of an important...
To Recover Is to Return

To Recover Is to Return

Out of the Ashes: Rebuilding American Culture  By Anthony Esolen.  Regnery Gateway, 2017/2022. Paperback, 256 pages, $16.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In an age of political correctness and guarded speech, Anthony Esolen’s writing strikes one as wonderfully...