Essentially Lying About the Left and Right

The Myth of Left and Right: How the Political Spectrum Misleads and Harms America By Verlan Lewis and Hyrum Lewis.  Oxford University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 168 pages, $99. Reviewed by Lee Trepanier. In school, media, and politics, we are taught that people see the...

The Troubled Science of the Middle East

The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings Edited by Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom. Oxford University Press, 2022. Paperback, $29.95, 320 Pages. Reviewed by Samuel Sweeney. The last ten years have upended the...

All Too Human After All

Global Objects: Toward a Connected Art History By Edward S. Cooke, Jr. Princeton University Press, 2022. Paperback, 336 pages, $35. Reviewed by Jesse Russell. The internet has enabled not only people but various fads to enjoy a second life. “Graphic Tees”...

Wielding Weighty Words to Salvage the World

The Fortunes of Permanence: Culture and Anarchy in an Age of Amnesia By Roger Kimball.  St. Augustine’s Press, 2022.  Paperback, 360 pages, $26.00. Reviewed by David Hein.  Not unlike a prime Bordeaux, this collection of essays, originally published in hardcover in...

When Virginians Ruled (or, Against Political Nostalgia)

The Jeffersonians: The Visionary Presidencies of Jefferson, Madison, and Monroe  By Kevin R. C. Gutzman. St. Martin’s Press, 2022. Hardcover, 608 pages, $37. Reviewed by Adam L. Tate. It seems that in every age, the politically frustrated harken back to better days....