Returning to the Heights of Statesmanship

Returning to the Heights of Statesmanship

The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation  By Daniel J. Mahoney. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 232 pages, $30.99.  Reviewed by Zachary K. German. “Let us return to the heights,” Daniel J. Mahoney begins the concluding...
Reclaiming Protestantism At Its Best

Reclaiming Protestantism At Its Best

Protestant Social Teaching: An Introduction Edited by Onsi Aaron Kamel, Jake Meador, and Joseph Minich. The Davenant Press, 2022. Paperback, 270 pages, $26.95. Review by John Ehrett. A popular shibboleth of traditionalist history writing is the notion of a direct line...
On the Fall of Fated Men

On the Fall of Fated Men

The Anglo-Saxons. A History of the Beginnings of England: 400-1066 By Marc Morris. Hutchinson, 2021. Hardcover, 528 pages, $100. Reviewed by Timothy D. Lusch. “Historically speaking, the name ‘Anglo-Saxon’ has more connection to white hoods than boar-decorated...
Society: A Community of Souls

Society: A Community of Souls

An essay by Frank Filocomo. The conservatism of Edmund Burke and Russell Kirk is fundamentally incompatible with an ungrounded and listless libertarian ethos. While Burke and Kirk emphasize the importance of social cohesiveness and community, libertarians vociferously...
Rights, Power, and Democracy Among the Anti-Federalists

Rights, Power, and Democracy Among the Anti-Federalists

An Anti-Federalist Constitution: The Development of Dissent in the Ratification Debates  By Michael J. Faber. University Press of Kansas, 2019.  Hardcover, 536 pages, $55. Reviewed by Adam L. Tate. The battle over ratification of the United States Constitution between...