Underneath It All, England Is a Catholic Country
Faith of Our Fathers: A History of True England By Joseph Pearce. Ignatius Press, 2022. Paperback, 384 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Auguste Meyrat. England is a Catholic country. Its culture, its politics, and its very heart is Catholic. At least, this is the case made...
The White Guard: Life Imitating Art, Yet Again
by Dwight Sutherland, Jr. Seldom does one encounter a novel which offers such insight into today’s events. This is particularly true when the novel is based on events that happened over a century ago. Mikhail Bulgakov was a Russian author who was born in Kiev in...
Common Good Credentialism
Common Good Constitutionalism by Adrian Vermeule. Polity, 2022. Hardcover, 270 pages, $59.95. Reviewed by Bruce P. Frohnen. Thirty years on from its victory over Soviet communism, liberal individualism has shown itself to be a spent force. The drive to “liberate”...
An Infinity of Imperfections
Infinite Regress: A Novel by Joshua Hren. Angelico Press, 2022. Paperback, 296 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by David G. Bonagura, Jr. “What he taught me was literally revolutionary in a way that set me free from the last hang-ups of that pablum Mom fed us and wanted us to...
Nationalizing Conservatism
Conservatism: A Rediscovery by Yoram Hazony. Regnery Gateway, 2022. Hardcover, 256 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by John G. Grove In the introduction to The Conservative Mind, Russell Kirk defended his choice of Burke as the originator of modern conservatism: “If one...
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What the American Revolution Secured: Order, Justice, and Freedom
A "revolution not made, but prevented.” Russell Kirk fondly and frequently quoted E. J. Payne’s pithy summary of Burke’s view of the Glorious Revolution.
"So yes, Lord Alfred, perhaps you are right after all. ’Tis not too late to seek a newer world! Perhaps one last Ulyssean adventure remains beyond the sunset, and perhaps some work of noble note may yet be done."