The Perennial Relevance of Edmund Burke
Edmund Burke and the Perennial Battle, 1789–1797 Edited by Daniel B. Klein and Dominic Pino. CL Press, 2022. Paperback, 172 pages, $9. Reviewed by André Gushurst-Moore. Single-volume selections from Burke’s writings frequently subsist on some scheme, relating both to...
The Inadequacy of Burke in Part
Edmund Burke and the Perennial Battle, 1789–1797 Edited by Daniel B. Klein and Dominic Pino. CL Press, 2022. Paperback, 172 pages, $9. Reviewed by William F. Byrne. Edmund Burke has always been recognized as an important thinker, and—at least by some, and in some...
Non-Western Conservatism
Russian Conservatism By Paul Robinson. Northern Illinois University Press, 2019. Hardcover, 300 pages, $41.95. Reviewed by Matthew Slaboch. On February 24, 2022, Russian military forces under the order of President Vladimir Putin invaded neighboring Ukraine,...
Our Republic and How We Lost It: Philip Hamburger on the Structure of Self-Government
By Bruce P. Frohnen. From Rome, through the Italian and German city-states, to the Dutch experience and the conflicts that shaped constitutional monarchy in Britain, and most importantly for us, the colonial agreements, peoples, and social order that produced our...
There are metaphorical hills on which I would be willing to die. The Oxford comma is one of them.
So easy to forget that the best way to educate yourself is to read great works of literature and philosophy, then talk about them. Bring back the salon!