John Adams: Russell Kirk’s Founding Federalist
By Michael Lucchese. A Russell Kirk Center Special Series Throughout the semiquincentennial year celebrating America’s independence, The University Bookman will invite a range of writers and speakers to contribute to a series drawing upon Russell Kirk’s work on the...
The Patriotic Russell Kirk
On America: How to Understand the Legacy of 1776 By Russell Kirk. Edited by Michael Lucchese. Creed & Culture, 2026. Hardcover, 234 pages, $28. Reviewed by Wilfred McClay. Like any great and influential writer, Russell Kirk has often suffered from being misread,...
Jesuits and Revolutions
Dragons: A Roman Requiem By Joseph Carola, S.J. Sophia Institute Press, 2026. Paperback, 256 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Rev. Anthony D. Andreassi, C.O. For much of the nineteenth century, Rome was a city attempting to recover from revolution and war. The...
Taking Movies Seriously, Perhaps Too Seriously
The Screen and the Mirror: What Movies Show Us About Ourselves, the World, and God By Gina Dalfonzo. Cascade Books, 2026. Paperback, 164 pages, $23. Reviewed by Thomas Banks. Like reading classic literature, viewing and studying classic film is a means of examining...
The Seduction and Perils of Artificial Intelligence
Seductive AI By Glenn Harlan Reynolds. Encounter Books, 2026. Paperback, 48 pages, $9.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In this brief “broadside,” Glenn Harlan Reynolds discusses the potential effects, for both good and ill, of artificial intelligence. Reynolds begins...
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