The British Empire on Trial

The British Empire on Trial

Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning By Nigel Biggar. William Collins, 2023. Hardcover, 480 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by Daniel J. Fischer. The urge to write history can strike almost anyone. Authors of major works of history in recent decades include people with graduate...
Ulyssean Interrogations at Dusk, or Slowing Down at 65

Ulyssean Interrogations at Dusk, or Slowing Down at 65

By John Rodden. Old age hath yet his honour and his toil; Death closes all: but something ere the end, Some work of noble note, may yet be done…. Come, my friends,  ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world. …for my purpose holds  To sail beyond the sunset, and the...
From the Man Who Loved America

From the Man Who Loved America

Fighting Enemies Foreign and Domestic: The Legacy of Angelo M. Codevilla Edited by Ryan P. Williams. Encounter Books, 2025.  Hardcover, 128 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg. If the title of this collection of essays written in memory of and tribute to the...
Smithian Wisdom on Demand

Smithian Wisdom on Demand

Just Sentiments: 22 Smithian Essays  Edited by Daniel B. Klein and Erik W. Matson. CL Press/Fraser Institute, 2024. Paperback, 262 pages, $7.50 (free PDF download) Reviewed by Michael Munger. Just Sentiments is a curated, teachable set of serious interpretive essays....
In Praise of Poetry and Form

In Praise of Poetry and Form

The Great Game: Essays on Poetics  By Amit Majmudar.  Acre Books, 2024. Paperback, 288 pages, $18. Reviewed by Steven Knepper. Literature, Amit Majmudar warns, must never plod: “Plodding prose, plodding thought, rhythmless lifeless stuff you can’t step to: that’s...