Buckley at 100: Countering the Communist Threat

Buckley at 100: Countering the Communist Threat

McCarthy and His Enemies: The Record and Its Meaning By William F. Buckley, Jr. and L. Brent Bozell. Henry Regnery Co., 1954. Hardcover, 425 pages. Reviewed by Nicholas Mosvick. William F. Buckley Jr. and L. Brent Bozell Jr., his one-time Yale debate partner, National...
The Rise of the World Builders

The Rise of the World Builders

World Builders: Technology and the New Geopolitics By Bruno Maçães. Cambridge University Press, 2025.  Hardcover, 274 pages, $29.95 Reviewed by Trevor Shelley. The geopolitical analyst, former diplomat, Harvard PhD (under Harvey Mansfield), global columnist, and...
Principle and Pragmatism in Law

Principle and Pragmatism in Law

The Preventive State: The Challenge of Preventing Serious Harms While Preserving Essential Liberties  By Alan Dershowitz.  Encounter Books, 2025.  Hardcover, 240 pages, $29.99 Reviewed by Cary Federman.  In the late 1960s, Alan Dershowitz, the Felix Frankfurter...
Reagan vs. the Air Traffic Controllers

Reagan vs. the Air Traffic Controllers

Ronald Reagan and the Firing of the Air Traffic Controllers  By Andrew E. Busch. University Press of Kansas, 2024. Paperback, 180 pages, $24.99. Reviewed by Jason C. Phillips. Rare has been the day since President Trump was sworn in for his second term that Elon...
The Intrinsic Argument for Free Speech

The Intrinsic Argument for Free Speech

The Indispensable Right: Free Speech in an Age of Rage By Jonathan Turley. Simon & Schuster, 2024. Hardcover, 432 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by Luke C. Sheahan.  Free speech lurks amid many of the controversies of the last several centuries. From Charles I’s infamous...