America’s Treasured Declaration
National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America By Michael Auslin. Simon & Schuster, 2026. Hardcover, 368 pages, $30. Reviewed by Matt Riffe. In a year in which the Declaration of Independence is front and center, it is easy to overlook...
Beyond the Tithe: Unearthing Two Millennia of Christian Political Economy
A History of Christian Political Economy: From the Patristics to the Present By Erik W. Matson and Jordan J. Ballor. B&H Academic, 2026. Hardcover, 432 pages, $54.99. Sources in Christian Political Economy: A Reader Edited by Erik W. Matson and Jordan J. Ballor....
Brent Bozell’s Prophecy of Judicial Imperium at 60
The Warren Revolution: Reflections on the Consensus Society By Brent Bozell. Arlington House, 1966. Hardcover, $49.99. Reviewed by Nicholas Mosvick. Since the beginning of the second Trump administration, it has been a repeated practice for a lower court, through an...
Who Are the Enemies of Academic Freedom?
Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times By Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman. Yale University Press, 2026. Hardcover, 304 pages, $30. Reviewed by Justin D. Garrison. In Campus Speech and Academic Freedom: A Guide for Difficult Times, Erwin...
Who’s the Furious One?
Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right By Laura K. Field. Princeton University Press, 2025. Hardcover, 432 pages, $35. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg. This book could have been titled in the singular, as in “furious mind,” since it is more than an occasional...
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