Radical of Radicals: Austin Blair—Civil War Governor—In His Own Words By Jack Dempsey. Mission Point Press, 2025. Paperback, 360 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by Miles Smith IV. In every intelligent history of the Civil War Era, the major players show up on stage, right on...
What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family By Timothy S. Goeglein with Craig Osten. Fidelis Publishing, 2026. Hardcover, 264 pages, $28.00. Reviewed by Cory Andrews. In an age when so many of our inherited institutions seem to be unraveling...
Classical Catechism Anthony Esolen. Thales Press, 2025. Paperback, 109 pages, $9.99. Reviewed by Sean Hadley. It would be a rather run-of-the-mill comment amongst any group of Christians to state that catechisms play an important role in the life of the Church....
Liberal Education and Democracy By Bob Pepperman Taylor. Notre Dame Press, 2025. Hardcover, 208 pages, $40. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. Ater an even 100 pages, Professor Taylor arrives at the conclusion to his very fine Liberal Education and Democracy. It reads...
Killing Orpheus By Forester McClatchey. Carnegie Mellon University Press, 2026. Paperback, 88 pages, $20. Reviewed by Camilo Peralta. Might a revival of our degraded culture, or at least its verse, be possible? A recent collection titled Killing Orpheus from Forester...
The Polarization Myth: America’s Surprising Consensus on Race, Schools, and Sex By Jonathan Butcher. Encounter Books, 2025. Hardcover, 248 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In The Polarization Myth, Jonathan Butcher points to evidence that America is...
And I Will Go to the Altar of God
Jesse Russell reviews "On the Altar: A History of Sacrifice from the Sacred to the Secular" by Jonathan Sheehan. @PrincetonUPress
