Returning to the Heights of Statesmanship

Returning to the Heights of Statesmanship

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...
Rights, Power, and Democracy Among the Anti-Federalists

Rights, Power, and Democracy Among the Anti-Federalists

An Anti-Federalist Constitution: The Development of Dissent in the Ratification Debates  By Michael J. Faber. University Press of Kansas, 2019.  Hardcover, 536 pages, $55. Reviewed by Adam L. Tate. The battle over ratification of the United States Constitution between...
History Is Never Certain

History Is Never Certain

The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville By Olivier Zunz. Princeton University Press, 2022. Hardcover, 472 pages, $35. Reviewed by Sarah Gustafson. In years since Alexis de Tocqueville’s death in 1859, his popularity has ebbed and flowed...
Partisan Citizens

Partisan Citizens

I, Citizen: A Blueprint for Reclaiming American Self-Governance Tony Woodlief.   Encounter Books, 2021.   Hardcover, 264 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. There is much talk among progressives about being a good “global citizen.” By this, they...
Town Politics

Town Politics

Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity By Charles L. Marohn Jr. Wiley, 2019. Hardcover, 256 pages, $25. Reviewed by Matthew Robare Strong Towns: A Bottom-Up Revolution to Rebuild American Prosperity is an amazing achievement by Charles L....