The Conservative Need for Conservative Philosophy
The Failure of American Conservatism and the Road Not Taken By Claes G. Ryn. Republic Book Publishers, 2023. Hardcover, 468 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Michael Federici. American conservatism has been plagued by an identity crisis and political failure since its birth...
The Politics of Prudence: Introduction to the 2023 Edition
The Politics of Prudence By Russell Kirk. Regnery Gateway, 2023. Paperback, 314 pages, $19.99. By Michael P. Federici. This introduction to the 2023 edition of The Politics of Prudence is reprinted with permission from Regnery. Originally published in 1993, about a...
The Law for Man and the Law for Thing: The Political Theory of Cormac McCarthy
The Passenger and Stella Maris. By Cormac McCarthy. Knopf, 2022. Hardcover, 608 pages, $56. Reviewed by Michael P. Federici. This essay is part of a symposium on the work of Cormac McCarthy. Few fiction writers achieve the critical and commercial success that marks...
On the Need for Property and Virtue
Plutocratic Socialism: The Future of Private Property and the Fate of the Middle Class. Mark T. Mitchell. Front Porch Republic Books, 2022. Paperback, 180 pages, $23. Reviewed by Michael P. Federici. Every age eventually faces the challenge of what in recent times has...
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