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...
The Conservative Resurgence

The Conservative Resurgence

Up From Conservatism: Revitalizing the Right after a Generation of Decay Edited by Arthur Milikh. Encounter Books, 2023. Hardcover, 240 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by Shaun Rieley. In recent years, it has become common on the Right to ask rhetorically, “what has...
Religious Illiberalism and the American Order

Religious Illiberalism and the American Order

American Heretics: Religious Adversaries of Liberal Order By Jerome E. Copulsky. Yale University Press, 2024. Hardcover, 384 pages, $40. Reviewed by Miles Smith IV. For the past few years—more specifically since Donald Trump made it very clear he was happy to pursue...