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...
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 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
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....
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