The Centrality of Civic Virtue
The Roots of Liberalism: What Faithful Knights and the Little Match Girl Taught Us about Civic Virtue By F. H. Buckley. Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover, 296 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by David Hein. In his latest book, F. H. Buckley, a professor at George Mason...
Revivifying the Conservative Movement
Dawn’s Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America By Kevin D. Roberts. Broadside Books, 2024. Hardcover, 304 pages, $32. Reviewed by Daniel Pitt. In March 1916, C.S. Lewis, the British Christian apologist, wrote in a letter to one of his closest friends,...
Virtuous Living, Not Just for Philosophers
Super Habits: The Universal System for a Successful Life By Andrew V. Abela. Sophia Institute Press, 2024. Hardcover, 288 pages, $24.95 Reviewed by Paul D. Mueller. If Thomas Aquinas were to write a book on virtue for business people in the twenty-first century, it...
Irving Babbitt’s Defense of the Humanities
Democracy and Leadership By Irving Babbitt. Liberty Fund, 1979 (1924). Paperback, 392 pages, $14.50. Reviewed by Darrell Falconburg. Irving Babbitt’s Democracy and Leadership celebrated its centenary in 2024. We asked several Babbitt scholars to reflect upon its...
Democracy and Leadership at 100: Lessons for the 21st Century
Democracy and Leadership By Irving Babbitt. Liberty Fund, 1979 (1924). Paperback, 392 pages, $14.50. Reviewed by Jason Jewell. Irving Babbitt’s Democracy and Leadership celebrated its centenary in 2024. We asked several Babbitt scholars to reflect upon its importance...
The Great Intellectual Scandal: Irving Babbitt and His Traditionalist Critics
Democracy and Leadership By Irving Babbitt. Liberty Fund, 1979 (1924). Paperback, 392 pages, $14.50. Reviewed by Claes G. Ryn. Irving Babbitt’s Democracy and Leadership celebrated its centenary in 2024. We asked several Babbitt scholars to reflect upon its importance...
Irving Babbitt and Populism
Democracy and Leadership By Irving Babbitt. Liberty Fund, 1979 (1924). Paperback, 392 pages, $14.50. Reviewed by Michael P. Federici. Irving Babbitt’s Democracy and Leadership celebrated its centenary in 2024. We asked several Babbitt scholars to reflect upon its...
Edwards: From the Beginning of the Right
Just Right: A Life in Pursuit of Liberty By Lee Edwards. ISI Books, 2017. Hardcover, 378 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by George H. Nash. In his lively new memoir Just Right, Lee Edwards remarks that four distinct groups have molded the modern American conservative...
Must Matters of Taste Not Be Disputed?
Beauty & Imitation : A Philosophical Reflection on the Arts By Daniel McInerny. Word on Fire Academic, 2024. Hardcover, 448 pages, $34.95. Reviewed by Rev. Joseph Scolaro. In matters of taste, there can be no dispute. Or can there? This expression, as common as it...
A Christmas Carol is great literature. Ghosts are a must for Christmas.