Revolution and Counter Revolution

Revolution and Counter Revolution

by | Apr 14, 2024

Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future By Patrick J. Deneen. Sentinel, 2023. Hardcover, 288 pages, $30. Reviewed by John G. Grove.  It’s difficult to decide whether Patrick Deneen’s Regime Change is to be faulted for being too ambitious or not ambitious enough. ...
Liberalism in its Complexity

Liberalism in its Complexity

by | Apr 7, 2024

Freedom from Fear: An Incomplete History of Liberalism By Alan S. Kahan. Princeton University Press, 2023. Hardcover, 528 pages, $45. Liberalism in Dark Times: The Liberal Ethos in the Twentieth Century By Joshua L. Cherniss. Princeton University Press, 2021....
Higher Ed and the Crisis of Civic Despair

Higher Ed and the Crisis of Civic Despair

by | Mar 31, 2024

Renewing America’s Civic Compact  Edited by Carol McNamara and Trevor Shelley. Lexington Books, 2023. Hardcover, 258 pages, $100. Reviewed by Thomas Kelly. For many 2024 carries with it a very real sense of civic despair. There is of course the “dread” that many feel...
Citizenship Matters

Citizenship Matters

by | Mar 31, 2024

Citizenship and Civic Leadership in America  Edited by Carol McNamara and Trevor Shelley. Lexington Books, 2022. Paperback, 326 pages, $42.99. Reviewed by Hans Zeiger. Carol McNamara and Trevor Shelley have edited a wonderful collection of essays about topics related...