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Reviewing Books that Build Culture
Betting on Catastrophe
“…who better than The New Criterion’s bench of deep thinkers to mull over James Burnham’s hypothesis—’Suicide is probably more frequent than murder as the end phase of a civilization’—with respect to Christendom’s funereal prospects.”
Here Comes Everybody: A New Survey of American Catholicism
“…historian Christopher Shannon… attemts[s] to tell the story of Catholic life in North America over the last five centuries in little more than five hundred pages.”
The War for the Second Age
“At its core… Sibley’s volume is the story of a Fall, and as such gives readers unparalleled insight into the moral underpinnings of Tolkien’s world.”
The Founders and the Constitution on Religious Liberty
“In short, without freedom of association, there can be no effective right to religious liberty in the common sense meaning of that term…”
Pat Buchanan and an America First Foreign Policy
“…Buchanan was right more often than wrong. His weekly literary pugilism will be missed as he retires his syndicated column.”
The Electoral Triumph of the New Deal
“One of the strengths of Pietrusza’s writing is that his narrative tells a story that brings to life the individuals, issues, and events that shaped the 1936 campaign. “
Ever Ancient, Ever New
Scott D. Moringiello reviews The New Apologetics: Defending the Faith in a Post-Christian Era.
Why America’s Foreign Policy Needs John Quincy Adams
“Much of the book finds Codevilla channeling Adams in order to determine just what might constitute an interest-based foreign policy for the United States in the twenty-first century.”
The Celebrity-Industrial Complex
“Beaty points to a widespread spiritual hunger, a desire for intimacy and connection to something larger… In the absence of deep attachments to the real people around you, celebrity provides the façade of intimacy.
The Book Gallery
A collection of conversations with Bookman editor Luke C. Sheahan and writers and authors of imagination and erudition. Click on the icon in the upper right corner of the video to see more episodes in this series or check out our YouTube page.
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What the American Revolution Secured: Order, Justice, and Freedom
A "revolution not made, but prevented.” Russell Kirk fondly and frequently quoted E. J. Payne’s pithy summary of Burke’s view of the Glorious Revolution.
"So yes, Lord Alfred, perhaps you are right after all. ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world! Perhaps one last Ulyssean adventure remains beyond the sunset, and perhaps some work of noble note may yet be done."
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