The Founders and the Constitution on Religious Liberty

The Founders and the Constitution on Religious Liberty

by | Mar 5, 2023

Religious Liberty and the American Founding: Natural Rights and the Original Meanings of the First Amendment Religion Clauses By Vincent Phillip Muñoz. The University of Chicago Press, 2022. Paperback, 344 pages, $30. Reviewed by Thomas G. West. In a field crowded...
Pat Buchanan and an America First Foreign Policy

Pat Buchanan and an America First Foreign Policy

by | Feb 26, 2023

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...
The Electoral Triumph of the New Deal

The Electoral Triumph of the New Deal

by | Feb 19, 2023

Roosevelt Sweeps Nation: FDR’s 1936 Landslide and the Triumph of the Liberal Ideal By David Pietrusza. Diversion Books, 2022. Hardcover, 544 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by John Hendrickson. David Pietrusza is both a gifted historian and storyteller. He is also the “Dean”...
Marginal No More: Willmoore Kendall as Essential Conservative

Marginal No More: Willmoore Kendall as Essential Conservative

by | Jan 15, 2023

Heaven Can Indeed Fall: The Life of Willmoore Kendall By Christopher Owen. Lexington Books, 2021. Hardcover, 256 pages, $105. Reviewed by Jason Ross. As the conservative movement is crumbling, many outside of that movement’s mainstream are tracing their way back to...
Returning to the Heights of Statesmanship

Returning to the Heights of Statesmanship

by | Dec 4, 2022

The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation  By Daniel J. Mahoney. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 232 pages, $30.99.  Reviewed by Zachary K. German. “Let us return to the heights,” Daniel J. Mahoney begins the concluding...