A Social Scientific Apologia for Marriage

A Social Scientific Apologia for Marriage

Get Married: Why Americans Must Defy the Elites, Forge Strong Families, and Save Civilization  By Brad Wilcox.  Broadside Books, 2024. Hardcover, 320, $32. Reviewed by Nicholas R. Swanson.  The University of Virginia’s Brad Wilcox might be the world’s leading academic...
Hope—Is It Warranted at This Point?

Hope—Is It Warranted at This Point?

Democracy and Solidarity: On the Cultural Roots of America’s Political Crisis  By James Davison Hunter. Yale, 2024. Hardcover, 504 pages, $40. Reviewed by Brad Littlejohn. Being of a chronically pessimistic disposition, I used to enjoy picking out Despair.com posters...
The Life of Joseph Epstein

The Life of Joseph Epstein

Never Say You’ve Had a Lucky Life: Especially If You’ve Had a Lucky Life By Joseph Epstein.  Free Press, 2024.  Hardcover, 304 pages, $29.99. Reviewed by Chuck Chalberg. Never? Maybe saying so really is OK, especially when you know that you had little to...
The Republic and the American Right

The Republic and the American Right

War on the American Republic: How Liberalism Became Despotism By Kevin Slack. Encounter Books, 2023. Hardcover, 456 pages, $34.99. Reviewed by Mark G. Brennan. This just in: Rural Americans are fleeing the Democratic Party! In case you missed “Why Democrats Are Losing...