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...
Helping Those Who Help Themselves

Helping Those Who Help Themselves

The Tragedy of American Compassion By Marvin Olasky. Regnery Gateway, 2022. Paperback, 300 pages, $18.99. Reviewed by Frank Filocomo. What does it mean to be compassionate to the needy? More precisely: what does it mean to be compassionate, and who are the needy?...
The Troubled Science of the Middle East

The Troubled Science of the Middle East

The Political Science of the Middle East: Theory and Research Since the Arab Uprisings Edited by Marc Lynch, Jillian Schwedler, and Sean Yom. Oxford University Press, 2022. Paperback, $29.95, 320 Pages. Reviewed by Samuel Sweeney. The last ten years have upended the...