Brent Bozell’s Prophecy of Judicial Imperium at 60
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...
Who Are the Enemies of Academic Freedom?
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...
Who’s the Furious One?
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...
A New Introduction to the Austrian School
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...
After Mansfield
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...
How Charlotte Brontë Became Charlotte Brontë
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...
C.S. Lewis and Gender Ideology
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...
The Case for the Messiah
Evidence for Christ: How We Know That Jesus is the Messiah By Jimmy Akin. Catholic Answers Press, 2026. Paperback, 183 pages, $16.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger. Christianity proclaims Jesus the messiah, but many Christians have a hard time explaining...
Harvey Mansfield’s Long Dissent
Where Harvard Went Wrong: Fifty Years of Commentary That Fell on Deaf Ears By Harvey C. Mansfield. Encounter Books, 2026. Hardcover, 152 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Adam Kissel. Like Harvey “C-minus” Mansfield, I attended a college in the Boston area. Mansfield...
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