Lincoln and the Democratic Cause
Our Ancient Faith: Lincoln, Democracy, and the American Experiment By Allen C. Guelzo. Knopf, 2024. Hardcover, 272 pages, $30. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. On the southern border of my college’s campus is a statue of a Union soldier. It’s the oldest such monument...
Fighting for Free Speech and Academic Freedom
You Can’t Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms By Keith E. Whittington. Polity, 2024. Paperback, 176 pages, $19.95. Reviewed by Donald Downs. Keith Whittington has long been a leading prolific scholar of constitutional law and American...
America First—Or Last?
America Last: The Right’s Century-Long Romance with Foreign Dictators By Jacob Heilbrunn. Liveright, 2024. Hardcover, 264 pages, $28.99. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg. Paul Hollander, wherever he is, need not worry. The best book by far on an American romance with...
The Waters of Ius and Freedom
Natural Law Republicanism: Cicero’s Liberal Legacy Michael C. Hawley. Oxford University Press, 2022. Hardcover, 264 pages, $97. Reviewed by Samuel Sprunk. In Natural Law Republicanism: Cicero’s Liberal Legacy, Michael Hawley joins one of the most intellectually...
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