Restoring the Role of the Citizen
The Dying Citizen: How Progressive Elites, Tribalism, and Globalization Are Destroying the Idea of America By Victor Davis Hanson. Basic Books, 2021. Hardcover, 432 pages, $30. Reviewed by Jeffrey Folks Victor Davis Hanson’s The Dying Citizen makes a substantial...
Is There a Linear Path to America’s Next Civil War?
The Age of Entitlement: America Since the Sixties By Christopher Caldwell. Simon & Schuster, 2020. Hardcover, 352 pages, $28. Reviewed by Anthony Barr Christopher Caldwell’s latest book, The Age of Entitlement, is best summarized by a Bill Clinton quote that...
The Jeffersonian Judge
Irreconcilable Founders: Spencer Roane, John Marshall, and the Nature of America’s Constitutional Republic By David Johnson. LSU Press, 2021 Hardcover, 256 pages, $45. Reviewed by John Grove There is nothing new under the sun, and that certainly applies to modern-day...
Can Progressivism Be Reversed?
America Transformed: The Rise and Legacy of American Progressivism by Ronald J. Pestritto. Encounter Books, 2021. Hardcover, 288 pages, $29. Reviewed by John C. Chalberg If Ronald Pestritto is right, then Barack Obama was wrong. Recall candidate Obama’s now famous (or...
Celebrate Russell Kirk's birthday (today) with a rich dessert, a ghostly tale, and a contribution to The University Bookman:
I can't praise @ubookman highly enough. If it's not a part of your reading life, it should be.
Should you have the ability, they are very much deserving of your support. I hope you'll consider donating to their Kirktober fundraiser, as I have done.