The Work of Local Culture

The Work of Local Culture

by | Sep 8, 2019

Coming Home: Reclaiming America’s Conservative Soul by Ted V. McAllister and Bruce P. Frohnen Encounter Books, 2019. Hardcover, 164+xxiv pages, $24. Reviewed by Richard M. Gamble In 1954, Russell Kirk, fresh on the heels of his Conservative Mind, published A Program...
The Possibilities and Impossibilities of Willmoore Kendall

The Possibilities and Impossibilities of Willmoore Kendall

by | Dec 16, 2018

by Joshua Tait There are many legends about the political theorist Willmoore Kendall. A great deal of them are true. He was a founding editor of National Review. He reported on the Spanish Civil War. He worked in military intelligence. He spoke three languages and...
Confessions of a Jet-Set Conservative

Confessions of a Jet-Set Conservative

by | Dec 2, 2018

The Corrosion of Conservatism: Why I Left the Right by Max Boot. Liveright, 2018. Hardcover, 288 pages, $25. Reviewed by Ben Sixsmith Max Boot, like newspaper columnist Jennifer Rubin, once claimed to be a conservative critic of President Donald Trump, but has become...
When Burke Became Burke

When Burke Became Burke

by | Aug 5, 2018

Edmund Burke and the Invention of Modern Conservatism, 1830–1914: An Intellectual History by Emily Jones. Oxford, 2017. Hardcover, 288 pages, $88. Reviewed by William F. Byrne Two myths, or, at least, oversimplifications, have long surrounded Edmund Burke’s iconic...
Tipping the State’s Sacred Cows

Tipping the State’s Sacred Cows

by | Aug 5, 2018

The False Promise of Big Government: How Washington Helps the Rich and Hurts the Poor by Patrick M. Garry. Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 2017. Paperback, 112 pages, $10. Reviewed by Jacob Bruggeman Published in 2017 by University of South Dakota professor Patrick...