The Seduction and Perils of Artificial Intelligence

The Seduction and Perils of Artificial Intelligence

Seductive AI By Glenn Harlan Reynolds.  Encounter Books, 2026. Paperback, 48 pages, $9.99.  Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In this brief “broadside,” Glenn Harlan Reynolds discusses the potential effects, for both good and ill, of artificial intelligence. Reynolds begins...
One Man’s Journey to Faith

One Man’s Journey to Faith

Taking Religion Seriously  By Charles Murray.  Encounter Books, 2025. Hardcover, 200 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. Taking Religion Seriously is a thoughtful, moving, and entertaining account of the author’s decades-long journey toward acceptance of...
The Consensus Reality

The Consensus Reality

The Polarization Myth: America’s Surprising Consensus on Race, Schools, and Sex By Jonathan Butcher.  Encounter Books, 2025. Hardcover, 248 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In The Polarization Myth, Jonathan Butcher points to evidence that America is...
Marxism and the Rising Generation

Marxism and the Rising Generation

NextGen Marxism: What It Is and How to Combat It  By Mike Gonzalez and Katharine Cornell Gorka.  Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover 332 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. NextGen Marxism is one of the most informative and relevant books I have read in years. It...
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...