Marginal No More: Willmoore Kendall as Essential Conservative

Marginal No More: Willmoore Kendall as Essential Conservative

Heaven Can Indeed Fall: The Life of Willmoore Kendall By Christopher Owen. Lexington Books, 2021. Hardcover, 256 pages, $105. Reviewed by Jason Ross. As the conservative movement is crumbling, many outside of that movement’s mainstream are tracing their way back to...
More Than a Commercial Republic

More Than a Commercial Republic

The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World  By Samuel Gregg. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 336 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by John G. Grove. Editor’s Note: See the Bookman’s episode of the Book Gallery with Samuel Gregg here.  Samuel...
More Than a Commercial Republic

The Moral and Cultural Basis of the Free Market

The Next American Economy: Nation, State, and Markets in an Uncertain World  By Samuel Gregg. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 336 pages, $30.99. Reviewed by Paul D. Mueller. Editor’s Note: See the Bookman’s episode of the Book Gallery with Samuel Gregg here.  I am...
Returning to the Heights of Statesmanship

Returning to the Heights of Statesmanship

The Statesman as Thinker: Portraits of Greatness, Courage, and Moderation  By Daniel J. Mahoney. Encounter Books, 2022. Hardcover, 232 pages, $30.99.  Reviewed by Zachary K. German. “Let us return to the heights,” Daniel J. Mahoney begins the concluding...
History Is Never Certain

History Is Never Certain

The Man Who Understood Democracy: The Life of Alexis de Tocqueville By Olivier Zunz. Princeton University Press, 2022. Hardcover, 472 pages, $35. Reviewed by Sarah Gustafson. In years since Alexis de Tocqueville’s death in 1859, his popularity has ebbed and flowed...