After Mansfield

After Mansfield

The Rise and Fall of Rational Control: The History of Modern Political Philosophy By Harvey C. Mansfield. Harvard University Press, 2026.  Hardcover, 336 pages, $35.00.  Reviewed by Jesse Russell. There is a critical dividing line in contemporary academia. It is not a...
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...
A Problem Deeper than Groupthink

A Problem Deeper than Groupthink

Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth: Law and Morality in Our Cultural Moment  By Robert P. George. Encounter Books, 2025. Hardcover, 414 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by R. McKay Stangler. The first question, and perhaps the most pressing one when reviewing a book by Robert P....
Reconsidering Franklin D. Roosevelt

Reconsidering Franklin D. Roosevelt

FDR: A New Political Life By David T. Beito.  Open Universe, 2025.  Paperback, 284 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg.  Did the presidency of Herbert Hoover and the New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt actually prolong what today might be remembered as the “panic of...
The Long Decline of Liberalism

The Long Decline of Liberalism

The Collapse of Global Liberalism: And the Emergence of the Post Liberal World Order By Philip Pilkington. Polity, 2025. Paperback, 240 pages, $22.95 Reviewed by Gene Callahan. Philip Pilkington has written a very provocative and thought-provoking book, one that...