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...
Cabrini: The Humble Saint Behind the Film

Cabrini: The Humble Saint Behind the Film

Letters From the Voyages of St. Frances Cabrini By St. Frances Xavier Cabrini. Edited by Michael A. LaMorte. Catholic Treehouse, 2024. Paperback, 380 pages, $19.99. Reviewed by Isaiah Flair. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given...
Looking at U.S. Trade Policy Through a Historical Lens

Looking at U.S. Trade Policy Through a Historical Lens

Clashing Over Commerce: A History of U.S. Trade Policy By Douglas A. Irwin. University of Chicago Press, 2017. Hardcover, 832 pages, $38. Reviewed by Frank Filocomo. The Trump years have thrust trade policy back into the national conversation for the first time since...
Democracy and Leadership at 100: Lessons for the 21st Century

Irving Babbitt and Populism

Democracy and Leadership By Irving Babbitt. Liberty Fund, 1979 (1924). Paperback, 392 pages, $14.50. Reviewed by Michael P. Federici. Irving Babbitt’s Democracy and Leadership celebrated its centenary in 2024. We asked several Babbitt scholars to reflect upon its...