“Putting Civil Back in Civilization”

“Putting Civil Back in Civilization”

The Soul of Civility: Timeless Principles to Heal Society and Ourselves By Alexandra Hudson. St. Martin’s Press, 2023. Hardcover, 416 pages, $29. Reviewed by Henry T. Edmondson III. Speech codes, safe spaces, and intolerant demands for diversity, equity, and inclusion...
Here’s Why Not

Here’s Why Not

How Should We Then Die?: A Christian Response to Physician-Assisted Death  By Ewan C. Goligher, MD. Lexham Press, 2024. Paperback, 160 pages, $ 18.99. Reviewed by Robert Grant Price. Why not let patients determine whether to die at the hand of a physician? Ewan...
Gentlemen Losers

Gentlemen Losers

Quantum Criminals: Ramblers, Wild Gamblers, and Other Sole Survivors from the Songs of Steely Dan By Alex Pappademas & Joan LeMay. University of Texas Press, 2023. Hardcover, 280 pages, $35. Reviewed by Asher Gelzer-Govatos. Steely Dan, those infamously reclusive...
Thinking Ourselves into Oblivion

Thinking Ourselves into Oblivion

Why We Think What We Think: The Rise and Fall of Western Thought By Dan LeRoy. Sophia Institute Press, 2024. Paperback, 240 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by David Weinberger.  “How did we get from a world in which some of the smartest people in recorded history were...
The “Christian Nationalism” Canard

The “Christian Nationalism” Canard

Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism?: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church By Mark David Hall. Fidelis Books, 2024. Paperback, 222 pages, $18.99. Reviewed by Thomas K. Sarrouf, Jr. Mark David Hall’s newest book, Who’s...
A Social Scientific Apologia for Marriage

A Social Scientific Apologia for Marriage

Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization  By Brad Wilcox.  Broadside Books, 2024. Hardcover, 320, $32. Reviewed by Nicholas R. Swanson.  The University of Virginia’s Brad Wilcox might be the world’s leading academic...