Techne and Themis in History
The Mighty Continent: A Candid History of Modern Europe By Walter A. McDougall. Creed & Culture, 2026. Hardcover, 466 pages, $38. Reviewed by Michael Federici. In an era when so many aspects of life are being consolidated, it is refreshing and encouraging to...
Winston Churchill’s Path to Leadership
My Early Life: A Roving Commission By Winston S. Churchill. Edited by James W. Muller. St. Augustine’s Press, 1930/2025. Hardcover, 608 pages, $50. Reviewed by Frank A. von Hippel. Winston Churchill was a prolific and ambitious writer, for which he was...
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...
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