Can the United States Have a Good History?

Can the United States Have a Good History?

by | Oct 20, 2024

The Good Country: A History of the American Midwest, 1800-1900 By Jon K. Lauck. University of Oklahoma Press, 2022. Paperback, 366 pages, $26.95. Reviewed by Daniel J. Fischer. Historians have a complicated job. Their ultimate aim should be to use the available...
Yuval Levin’s Stirring Defense of the Constitution

Yuval Levin’s Stirring Defense of the Constitution

by | Oct 20, 2024

American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again By Yuval Levin. Basic Books, 2024. Hardcover, 352 pages, $32. Reviewed by Michael Lucchese. Something has gone wrong with America. Even among the politically disengaged, one can detect a...
The “Christian Nationalism” Canard

The “Christian Nationalism” Canard

by | Oct 6, 2024

Who’s Afraid of Christian Nationalism?: Why Christian Nationalism Is Not an Existential Threat to America or the Church By Mark David Hall. Fidelis Books, 2024. Paperback, 222 pages, $18.99. Reviewed by Thomas K. Sarrouf, Jr. Mark David Hall’s newest book, Who’s...
A Social Scientific Apologia for Marriage

A Social Scientific Apologia for Marriage

by | Sep 29, 2024

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?

by | Sep 22, 2024

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...