The Conservative Need for Conservative Philosophy

The Conservative Need for Conservative Philosophy

The Failure of American Conservatism and the Road Not Taken By Claes G. Ryn. Republic Book Publishers, 2023. Hardcover, 468 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by Michael Federici. American conservatism has been plagued by an identity crisis and political failure since its birth...
The Conservative Need for Conservative Philosophy

A Half Century of Conservative Criticism

The Failure of American Conservatism and the Road Not Taken By Claes G. Ryn. Republic Book Publishers, 2023. Hardcover, 468 pages, $24.95. Reviewed by John Grove.  Since at least 2016, conservatism has been undergoing a bit of an intellectual identity crisis. Perhaps...
The Left Wing Patriot

The Left Wing Patriot

The Controversialist: Arguments with Everyone, Left Right and Center By Martin Peretz.  Wicked Son, 2023. Hardcover, 352 pages, $28.00. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg. If it can be said that a book occasionally arrives at just the right moment, Martin Peretz’s...
Remaking Cold War Diplomacy

Remaking Cold War Diplomacy

A Voice in Their Own Destiny: Reagan, Thatcher, and Public Diplomacy in the Nuclear 1980s  By Anthony M. Eames. University of Massachusetts Press, 2023.  Paperback, 272 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Dr. Jason C. Phillips. Anthony M. Eames currently serves as the director...
When Rulers Look in the Mirror

When Rulers Look in the Mirror

The Christian Structure of Politics: On the De Regno of Thomas Aquinas By William McCormick, S.J.  The Catholic University of America Press, 2022.  Paperback, 288 pages, $34.95. Reviewed by Thomas F.X. Varacalli. In the field of political philosophy, Saint Thomas...