The Original Struggle Between Globalism and America First

The Original Struggle Between Globalism and America First

America First: Roosevelt vs. Lindbergh in the Shadow of War By H. W. Brands.  Doubleday, 2024.  Hardcover, 464 pages, $35. Reviewed by John C. “Chuck” Chalberg. With the first Trump administration still a lively memory and a second Trump presidency just getting...
Roadmap for Downsizing the Administrative State

Roadmap for Downsizing the Administrative State

American Leviathan: The Birth of the Administrative State and Progressive Authoritarianism  By Ned Ryun.  Encounter Books, 2024. Paperback, 176 pages, $19.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In American Leviathan, Ned Ryun offers a cogent overview of the origins,...
The Centrality of Civic Virtue

The Centrality of Civic Virtue

The Roots of Liberalism: What Faithful Knights and the Little Match Girl Taught Us about Civic Virtue By F. H. Buckley. Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover, 296 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by David Hein. In his latest book, F. H. Buckley, a professor at George Mason...
Revivifying the Conservative Movement

Revivifying the Conservative Movement

Dawn’s Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America By Kevin D. Roberts. Broadside Books, 2024. Hardcover, 304 pages, $32. Reviewed by Daniel Pitt.  In March 1916, C.S. Lewis, the British Christian apologist, wrote in a letter to one of his closest friends,...