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...