The Substance of Style
Farnsworth’s Classical English Style by Ward Farnsworth. David R. Godine, 2020 Hardcover, 145 pages, $27.95 Reviewed by Cory L. Andrews Bad and lazy writing, George Orwell famously insisted, betrays bad and lazy thinking. It also burdens and alienates the reader, who...
Defending the Right and the Good
Russell Kirk and The University Bookman By George H. Nash In an interview late in his career, Russell Kirk told a story about a “forgotten mill pond” in the village of Mecosta, Michigan. Since boyhood, he recalled, he had enjoyed tossing pebbles into this pond and...
The Quest for Neutral Ground
The Age of Selfies: Reasoning About Rights When the Stakes Are Personal by Adam J. MacLeod. Rowman & Littlefield, 2020. Paper, 141 pgs, $25. Reviewed by Allen Mendenhall Salma Hayek makes headlines each time she posts a selfie on Instagram. I know this because...
Competition Is Beautiful
The Myth of Capitalism: Monopolies and the Death of Competition by Jonathan Tepper and Denise Hearn. Wiley, 2018. Hardcover, 320 pages, $28. Reviewed by Ryan Shinkel South Park is an underrated resource of American political science. One particular episode shows our...
Toward a Renewal of Europe
Renovatio Europae: For a Hesperialist Renewal of Europe Edited by David Engels. Groningen: Blue Tiger Media, 2019. Hardcover, €19.50. Reviewed by Scott B. Nelson As always, Europe is in crisis. Some lament the European Union’s longstanding democratic deficit. Others...
"Delsol’s analysis stands out for the breadth of its perspective. Her essay covers topics as varied as corporatism, the French love for status and strikes, immigration, religion and secularism, populism and the role of intellectuals, Jacobinism, and the EU..."