The Paradox of Liberal Resilience

The Paradox of Liberal Resilience

The Growth of the Liberal Soul (2nd Edition) By David Walsh. University of Notre Dame Press, 1997/2025. Paperback, 416 pages, $39. Reviewed by John von Heyking. The publication of the second edition of Growth of the Liberal Soul is a testament to David Walsh’s deep...
Marxism and the Rising Generation

Marxism and the Rising Generation

NextGen Marxism: What It Is and How to Combat It  By Mike Gonzalez and Katharine Cornell Gorka.  Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover 332 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. NextGen Marxism is one of the most informative and relevant books I have read in years. It...
Cracking the Code to Civilization

Cracking the Code to Civilization

The Code of Man: Love, Courage, Pride, Family, Country (2nd Edition) By Waller R. Newell. Independently Published, 2025. Paperback, 240 pages, $14.99. Reviewed by Clifford Angell Bates, Jr. Waller R. Newell’s The Code of Man: Love, Courage, Pride, Family, Country (2nd...
France and the Problem of Abstraction

France and the Problem of Abstraction

Prosperity and Torment in France: The Paradox of the Democratic Age By Chantal Delsol. University of Notre Dame Press, 2025. Hardcover, 154 pages, $30. Reviewed by Godefroy Desjonquères. Reading Chantal Delsol’s Prosperity and Torment in France as a French person is a...
Humane Literature and the Divided Soul

Humane Literature and the Divided Soul

The Divided Soul: Duty and Desire in Literature and Life By Heidi White. Goldberry, 2025. Hardcover, 238 pages. $29.00. Reviewed by Gary Hartenburg. Heidi White’s debut book, The Divided Soul: Duty and Desire in Literature and Life, unites a memoir in fragments with a...
Antisemitism, a Foreign Tradition

Antisemitism, a Foreign Tradition

Antisemitism, an American Tradition By Pamela S. Nadell. W. W. Norton, 2025. Hardcover, 352 Pages, $31.99. Reviewed by Elan Kluger. Every political movement has a philosophy of history and recent American politics has offered quite the olio. Barack Obama’s “Hope” was...