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
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 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...
After the New Left: Rereading Breaking Ranks
By John C. “Chuck” Chalberg. The recent death of Norman Podhoretz prompted me to return to his “political memoir,” Breaking Ranks. Published in 1979, it deserves to be read or re-read today—and not simply as a historical account of his evolution from left to right...
Daniel Klein, a professor at @MasonEconomics, examines key passages of the Declaration of Independence and suggests that “Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness” expresses the spirit of the American Founding period. Watch here:
Very good commentary from Dan Klein as we ramp up to the 250th.