Who’s the Furious One? 

Who’s the Furious One? 

Furious Minds: The Making of the MAGA New Right By Laura K. Field.  Princeton University Press, 2025. Hardcover, 432 pages, $35. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg. This book could have been titled in the singular, as in “furious mind,” since it is more than an occasional...
The Consensus Reality

The Consensus Reality

The Polarization Myth: America’s Surprising Consensus on Race, Schools, and Sex By Jonathan Butcher.  Encounter Books, 2025. Hardcover, 248 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In The Polarization Myth, Jonathan Butcher points to evidence that America is...
The Truth About Fusionism’s Founder

The Truth About Fusionism’s Founder

The Man Who Invented Conservatism: The Unlikely Life of Frank S. Meyer  By Daniel J. Flynn.  Encounter Books, 2025.  Hardcover, 440 pages, $41.99. Reviewed by Bill Meehan. One rainy afternoon in June, I finally got around to reading the first section of Confessions of...
The Waters of Ius and Freedom

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...