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...
Ideas Matter Now More Than Ever
Intellectual Conservatism: From Burke to Scruton Edited by Ferenc Hörcher and Daniel Pitt. Routledge, 2025. Hardcover, 246 pages, $133. Reviewed by S.D. Whatley. Until recently, good government meant the administration of things and the management of competing...
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...
"Ferenc Hörcher and Dan Pitt... seem timed to match this shift in popular discourse. Intellectual Conservatism offers a history of English political ideas to a new and motivated audience. Limiting focus on Britain paradoxically enhances the book’s usefulness in other countries."
I am most grateful for a perceptive and cogent review of Intellectual Conservatism: From Burke to Scruton by @shawn_whatley via @ubookman.
Link: https://kirkcenter.org/reviews/ideas-matter-now-more-than-ever/