Family Homes and Drive-in Churches
Crabgrass Catholicism: How Suburbanization Transformed Faith and Politics in Postwar America By Stephen M. Koeth, CSC. University of Chicago Press, 2025. Paperback, 328 pages, $30. Reviewed by Jacob Akey. This September, the cardinal archbishop of New York unveiled a...
William F. Buckley Jr.: Literary Figure
By Bill Meehan. As his centennial year comes to a close, I’d like to advocate for a useful way to look back on the life and work of William F. Buckley Jr. Known mostly for his television show Firing Line and his journal of opinion National Review, the American public...
Reality Check for Politics
Political Breakdown: Why Politics Have Failed By Lawrence M. Mead. Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2025. Hardcover, 183 pages, $110.95. Reviewed by Frank Filocomo. If it wasn’t already obvious, today’s politics is burdened by third rails, sacred cows that ought not be...
How to Love What is Permanent
Love What Lasts: How to Save Your Soul From Mediocrity By Joshua Gibbs. Circe Institute, 2024. Hardcover, 272 pages, $28.99 Reviewed by Sarah Reardon. A significant part of Russell Kirk’s legacy is that he reminded moderns to seek and cherish the “permanent things”...
Personalism in the Age of AI
Personalism for the Twenty-First Century: Essays in Honor of David Walsh Edited by Thomas W. Holman and Richard Avramenko. Lexington Books, 2025. Hardcover, 266 pages, $115. Reviewed by Grant R. Martsolf. The first time I had ever heard of ChatGPT was in April of...
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