A Measured Look at an Unsettling Ideology

A Measured Look at an Unsettling Ideology

by | Jul 27, 2025

On Settler Colonialism: Ideology, Violence, and Justice By Adam Kirsch. W. W. Norton & Company, 2024. Hardcover, 160 pages, $24.99 Reviewed by Daniel J. Fischer. The term “settler colonialism” has exploded in popularity. According to the Google Books NGram Viewer,...
Stylist for the Ages

Stylist for the Ages

by | Jul 27, 2025

Chateaubriand: Selected Writings Translated by Edward Maxwell III. Imperium Press, 2024. Paperback, 176 pages, $8.50. Reviewed by Thomas Banks. François-René, Vicomte de Chateaubriand—nobleman, adventurer, poet, and memoirist—a sampling of whose work appears in this...
We’re All Epicureans Now

We’re All Epicureans Now

by | Jul 20, 2025

The Political Thought of David Hume: The Origins of Liberalism and the Modern Political Imagination By Aaron Alexander Zubia. University of Notre Dame Press, 2024. Hardcover, 386 pages, $70. Reviewed by Kayla Bartsch. A new book by Aaron Alexander Zubia, The Political...
Out of Many, One

Out of Many, One

by | Jun 22, 2025

Ancient Christianities: The First Five Hundred Years By Paula Fredriksen. Princeton University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 288 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Daniel James Sundahl. Our local priest uses the phrase “our separated brethren” when referencing other denominations...
Reagan vs. the Air Traffic Controllers

Reagan vs. the Air Traffic Controllers

by | Jun 15, 2025

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...