Our Lives in the Panopticon

Our Lives in the Panopticon

The Information State: Politics in the Age of Total Control Jacob Siegel. Henry Holt and Co., 2026. Hardcover, 336 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Albert Norton, Jr. Just within the last year, Paul Kingsnorth published Against The Machine about the source of our increasing...
Michigan’s Neglected Civil War Governor

Michigan’s Neglected Civil War Governor

Radical of Radicals: Austin Blair—Civil War Governor—In His Own Words By Jack Dempsey. Mission Point Press, 2025. Paperback, 360 pages, $18.95. Reviewed by Miles Smith IV. In every intelligent history of the Civil War Era, the major players show up on stage, right on...
The Enduring Sources of the Permanent Things

The Enduring Sources of the Permanent Things

What Really Matters: Restoring a Legacy of Faith, Freedom, and Family  By Timothy S. Goeglein with Craig Osten. Fidelis Publishing, 2026. Hardcover, 264 pages, $28.00. Reviewed by Cory Andrews. In an age when so many of our inherited institutions seem to be unraveling...
Britain at the Turning Point

Britain at the Turning Point

Advance Britannia: The Epic Story of the Second World War, 1942-1945 By Alan Allport. Knopf, 2026. Hardcover, 656 pages, $40. Reviewed by John P. Rossi. Advance Britannia is the second volume of Alan Allport’s history of Britain’s role in World War II. The first...
Reconsidering Franklin D. Roosevelt

Reconsidering Franklin D. Roosevelt

FDR: A New Political Life By David T. Beito.  Open Universe, 2025.  Paperback, 284 pages, $29.95. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg.  Did the presidency of Herbert Hoover and the New Deal of Franklin Roosevelt actually prolong what today might be remembered as the “panic of...