The Mystery of Imitation

The Mystery of Imitation

All Desire is a Desire for Being By René Girard, Edited and Introduced by Cynthia L. Haven. Penguin Classics, 2024. Paperback, 336 pages, $18. Reviewed by Justin D. Garrison. In All Desire is a Desire for Being, Cynthia L. Haven has produced the first edited volume of...
The Centrality of Civic Virtue

The Centrality of Civic Virtue

The Roots of Liberalism: What Faithful Knights and the Little Match Girl Taught Us about Civic Virtue By F. H. Buckley. Encounter Books, 2024. Hardcover, 296 pages, $32.99. Reviewed by David Hein. In his latest book, F. H. Buckley, a professor at George Mason...
Revivifying the Conservative Movement

Revivifying the Conservative Movement

Dawn’s Early Light: Taking Back Washington to Save America By Kevin D. Roberts. Broadside Books, 2024. Hardcover, 304 pages, $32. Reviewed by Daniel Pitt.  In March 1916, C.S. Lewis, the British Christian apologist, wrote in a letter to one of his closest friends,...
Irving Babbitt’s Defense of the Humanities

Irving Babbitt’s Defense of the Humanities

Democracy and Leadership By Irving Babbitt. Liberty Fund, 1979 (1924). Paperback, 392 pages, $14.50. Reviewed by Darrell Falconburg. Irving Babbitt’s Democracy and Leadership celebrated its centenary in 2024. We asked several Babbitt scholars to reflect upon its...