Wielding Weighty Words to Salvage the World

Wielding Weighty Words to Salvage the World

The Fortunes of Permanence: Culture and Anarchy in an Age of Amnesia By Roger Kimball.  St. Augustine’s Press, 2022.  Paperback, 360 pages, $26.00. Reviewed by David Hein.  Not unlike a prime Bordeaux, this collection of essays, originally published in hardcover in...
Betting on Catastrophe 

Betting on Catastrophe 

Where Next? Western Civilization at the Crossroads Edited by Roger Kimball. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 232 pages, $27.99. Reviewed by Mark G. Brennan. The smart money would bet that many of The University Bookman’s omnilegent devotees have already read The New...
Pat Buchanan and an America First Foreign Policy

Pat Buchanan and an America First Foreign Policy

By Francis P. Sempa. Patrick J. Buchanan has announced his retirement from writing his syndicated column. He is, at age 84, reportedly working on a memoir. Long before Donald Trump strode onto the political scene, Buchanan laid the intellectual foundations for an...
Writing, Teaching, Virtues

Writing, Teaching, Virtues

On Revision: The Only Writing That Counts by William Germano. University of Chicago Press, 2021. Paperback, 208 pages, $20. Reviewed by David Hein William Germano, a seasoned teacher and writer who has served as editor-in-chief at Columbia University Press and...