The Seduction and Perils of Artificial Intelligence
Seductive AI By Glenn Harlan Reynolds. Encounter Books, 2026. Paperback, 48 pages, $9.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In this brief “broadside,” Glenn Harlan Reynolds discusses the potential effects, for both good and ill, of artificial intelligence. Reynolds begins...
The Audacious Russell Kirk
On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776 By Russell Kirk. Edited by Michael Lucchese. Creed & Culture, 2026. Hardcover, 234 pages, $28. Reviewed by Bruce P. Frohnen. This new collection, On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776, is welcome and...
The Imaginative Russell Kirk
On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776 By Russell Kirk. Edited by Michael Lucchese. Creed & Culture, 2026. Hardcover, 234 pages, $28. Reviewed by Christopher J. Scalia. There’s no such thing as a bad time to read Russell Kirk, but America’s 250th year...
Remembering Robert Fagles: From Suffering to Meaning
The Odyssey By Homer. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 1999. Paperback, 541 pages, $19. The Aeneid By Virgil. Translated by Robert Fagles. Penguin Classics, 2008. Paperback, 496 pages, $19. The Oresteia. By Aeschylus. Translated by Robert Fagles....
Coming Home
The American Odyssey: What an Ancient Story Reveals about our Divided Souls By Patrick J. Deneen. Creed & Culture, 2026. Hardcover,198 pages, $26.00. Reviewed by Alexandra Bevins. In American Odyssey, Patrick Deneen draws from political theory, classics, American...
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