Comics and Kids: A Review of Freiheit!

Comics and Kids: A Review of Freiheit!

by | Jan 8, 2023

Freiheit! The White Rose Graphic Novel By Andrea Grosso Ciponte. Plough Publishing, 2021. Hardcover, 112 pages, $24. Reviewed by Jeffrey and Ezra Wald. Comics are the bane of my parental existence. That is probably too strong of a sentiment, and yet at times I feel...
Partisan Citizens

Partisan Citizens

by | Oct 23, 2022

I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance Tony Woodlief.   Encounter Books, 2021.   Hardcover, 264 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. There is much talk among progressives about being a good “global citizen.” By this, they...
Restoring the Role of the Citizen

Restoring the Role of the Citizen

by | Jan 16, 2022

The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America By Victor Davis Hanson. Basic Books, 2021. Hardcover, 432 pages, $30. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks Victor Davis Hanson’s The Dying Citizen makes a substantial...
Diagnosing a New Despotism

Diagnosing a New Despotism

by | Mar 14, 2021

Who Rules? Sovereignty, Nationalism, and the Fate of Freedom in the Twenty-First Century. Edited by Roger Kimball. Encounter Books, 2020. Hardcover, 128 pages, $22.50 Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks Who Rules? is a valuable collection of essays by some of today’s finest...
Why, and How, to Live

Why, and How, to Live

by | Oct 18, 2020

Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times by Leon R. Kass. Encounter Books, [2017] 2020. Hardcover, 407 pages, $21. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks Leading a Worthy Life is in large part the intellectual and spiritual autobiography of one of America’s leading...