Localism is Americanism

Localism is Americanism

Localism: Coming Home to Catholic Social Teaching Edited by Dale Ahlquist and Michael Warren Davis. Sophia Institute Press, 2024.  Hardcover, 240 pages, $21.95. Reviewed by John C. “Chuck” Chalberg. If the editors of this collection win the day, a new “ism” will be...
A Theological Virtue in the Earthly City

A Theological Virtue in the Earthly City

A Commonwealth of Hope: Augustine’s Political Thought By Michael Lamb. Princeton University Press, 2022. Hardcover, 448 Pages, $39.95. Reviewed by Daniel B. Gallagher. One of the most difficult things to instill in the minds of college-aged students today is the...
Aspirational Conservatism

Aspirational Conservatism

Religious Freedom: A Conservative Primer By John D. Wilsey. W.B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2025. Hardcover, 288 pages, $28.99. Reviewed by David G. Bonagura, Jr. Adjectives that shape “conservatism” are not in short supply. Two early ones, casting conservatism into...
Reagan vs. the Air Traffic Controllers

Reagan vs. the Air Traffic Controllers

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...