The Language Hoax: Why the World Looks the Same in Any Language by John H. McWhorter. Oxford University Press, 2016. Hardcover, 208 pages, $20. Reviewed by Gene Callahan John H. McWhorter is a linguist at Columbia University, and a fascinating and sometimes...
Who, or What, Dropped the Atom Bombs? Bridging the Atomic Divide: Debating Japan–U.S. Attitudes on Hiroshima and Nagasaki by Harry Wray and Seishiro Sugihara. Lexington Books, 2019. Hardcover, 340 pages, $115. Resurrecting Nagasaki: Reconstruction and the Formation of...
Aesthetics: Volume I by Dietrich von Hildebrand. Hildebrand Press, 2016. Paperback, 508 pages, $20. Aesthetics: Volume II by Dietrich von Hildebrand Hildebrand Press, 2019. Paperback, 608 pages. $20. Reviewed by Andrew Thompson-Briggs One of the rituals peculiar to...
Toy Story 4 Directed by Josh Cooley. Pixar Animation Studios, 2019. Reviewed by Titus Techera After a fairly disappointing season, the movies got back to the magic that audiences still crave, with what looks to be the family movie of the year. Toy Story 4 is the end...
Democracy’s Schools: The Rise of Public Education in America by Johann N. Neem. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2017. Hardcover, 256 pages, $55. Reviewed by Addison Del Mastro Democracy’s Schools is written by Johann Neem, an Indian immigrant brought to America as a...
Tanaka Kōtarō and World Law: Rethinking the Natural Law Outside the West by Kevin M. Doak. Palgrave Pivot, 2019. Hardcover, 127 pages, $67. Reviewed by Jason Morgan The word “globalism” has become a—perhaps the—shibboleth of our age. Whatever the issue, globalism is...
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