The Seduction and Perils of Artificial Intelligence
Seductive AI By Glenn Harlan Reynolds. Encounter Books, 2026. Paperback, 48 pages, $9.99. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks. In this brief “broadside,” Glenn Harlan Reynolds discusses the potential effects, for both good and ill, of artificial intelligence. Reynolds begins...
Preparing for Leisure
The Leisure Ethic: The End of Work and a Return to Virtue By David Edward Tabachnick. Toronto University Press, 2026. Paperback, 288 pages, $39.95. Reviewed by Robert Rich. In August of 2014, the science educator and YouTuber CGP Grey made the case, in a video titled...
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...
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...
Snapped this unposed photo during the @Hillsdale Collegiate Scholars retreat @KirkCenter this weekend. Yes, they were all reading physical books!
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