Saving the West By Keeping It Real

Saving the West By Keeping It Real

How to Save the West: Ancient Wisdom for 5 Modern Crises By Spencer Klavan. Regnery, 2023. Hardcover, 256 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Auguste Meyrat. Charting the decline of the West is something of a popular pastime for conservatives. Even though people today live in...
Learning from the Habsburg Mystique

Learning from the Habsburg Mystique

The Habsburg Way: Seven Rules for Turbulent Times By Eduard Habsburg. Sophia Institute Press, 2023. Hardcover, 176 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by David G. Bonagura, Jr. What makes the Habsburgs, rulers for six centuries of the Holy Roman Empire and later the...
Will Blowing Up the Universities Really Work?

Will Blowing Up the Universities Really Work?

Paper Belt on Fire: How Renegade Investors Sparked a Revolt Against the University  By Michael Gibson.  Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 374 pages, $33.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. Paper Belt on Fire addresses a topic of great interest and obvious relevance, and...
Liberal Education in the Progressive University

Liberal Education in the Progressive University

What Are the Humanities For?  By Willem B. Drees. Cambridge University Press, 2021.  Hardcover, 202 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by Jason Jewell. Why do we need another book about the value of a humanities education? The short answer is that in an age of relentless focus...