Intellectual Conservatism: From Burke to Scruton Edited by Ferenc Hörcher and Daniel Pitt. Routledge, 2025. Hardcover, 246 pages, $133. Reviewed by S.D. Whatley. Until recently, good government meant the administration of things and the management of competing...
National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America By Michael Auslin. Simon & Schuster, 2026. Hardcover, 368 pages, $30. Reviewed by Matt Riffe. In a year in which the Declaration of Independence is front and center, it is easy to overlook...
A History of Christian Political Economy: From the Patristics to the Present By Erik W. Matson and Jordan J. Ballor. B&H Academic, 2026. Hardcover, 432 pages, $54.99. Sources in Christian Political Economy: A Reader Edited by Erik W. Matson and Jordan J. Ballor....
The Warren Revolution: Reflections on the Consensus Society By Brent Bozell. Arlington House, 1966. Hardcover, $49.99. Reviewed by Nicholas Mosvick. Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, it has been a repeated practice for a lower court, through an...
Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times By Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman. Yale University Press, 2026. Hardcover, 304 pages, $30. Reviewed by Justin D. Garrison. In Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times, Erwin...
Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right By Laura K. Field. Princeton University Press, 2025. Hardcover, 432 pages, $35. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg. This book could have been titled in the singular, as in “furious mind,” since it is more than an occasional...
Austrian Economics: An Introduction By Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall. Polity, 2026. Paperback, 224 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Gene Callahan. Christopher J. Coyne and Abigail R. Hall have written an excellent book, perhaps the second-best introduction to...
The Rise and Fall of Rational Control: The History of Modern Political Philosophy By Harvey C. Mansfield. Harvard University Press, 2026. Hardcover, 336 pages, $35.00. Reviewed by Jesse Russell. There is a critical dividing line in contemporary academia. It is not a...
The Invention of Charlotte Brontë: A New Life By Graham Watson. Pegasus, 2025. Hardcover, 288 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Paul Krause. Today, everyone knows Charlotte Brontë as the author of Jane Eyre. That wasn’t always the case. During her own lifetime, she had...
Sons of Adam, Daughters of Eve: C.S. Lewis’ Images of Gender By Joshua Phillip Herring. The Davenant Press, 2026. Paperback, 234 pages, $31.95. Reviewed by Nathanael Blake. C.S. Lewis can’t fix everything. It is tempting to try, though. Lewis was a wise and learned...
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