A Review of Stalin's War
Stalin's War is a damning history not just of Stalin’s ambitions but also of the liberal inability to understand politics.
Book Reviews
Fresh commentary on some of the most important books in law, politics, and culture.
A Review of A World After Liberalism
What is needed now more than ever is the renewal of political reason that remains faithful to the twin goods that are truth and liberty.
A Review of Jugalbandi
India's BJP owes much to Narendra Modi’s populist vote-catching charisma, but it rests on a platform built in the twentieth century.
A Review of The Aristocracy of Talent
It might be possible to foster a new elite in the next generation with better values than the current one, but that would require us to look to history.
Past Reviews
A Review of The Tree of Life and Prosperity
Old truths need retelling if market economies are to persist and if humans are to prosper.
A Review of The Degradation of the Academic Dogma
Why are our universities confused about their mission?
A Review of The Confessions of Odysseus
We Americans are living in a new age of Achilles, defined centrally by the phenomenon of rage.
A Review of American Republics
Something disappears from the past when historians seek to convict more than to understand.
A Review of Texas vs. California
Once a state reaches a certain degree of political uniformity, it tends to repel those who disagree and attract fellow adherents.
A Review of The Authority of the Court and the Peril of Politics
The justice does not consider at all how jurisprudence bears on the political appearance of the Supreme Court.
A Review of Perfecting the Union
The Constitution’s federalism was not a side concern, not a means to an end, not an unfortunate compromise with stubborn reality—it was the main event.
A Review of The Strategy of Denial
The coming competition with China can be won peacefully, but requires a serious grand strategy.
A Review of The Constitution of Knowledge
In this era of "fake news" and social media, are we as a society able to distinguish truth from lies?
A Review of The Republican Party of Texas
The Republican Party of Texas recounts one of the Republican Party's great success stories.
A Review of The Art of War in an Age of Peace
Reading American Foreign Policy books is something akin to a blind taste test in the bottled water aisle.
A Review of Thebes: The Forgotten City of Ancient Greece
Paul Cartledge's Thebes offers a welcome respite: a lost people's history presented without ideological commentary.
A Review of Unsettled
The causes of climate change are uncertain to scientists, even though the media portrays it otherwise.
A Review of Last Stands
Michael Walsh examines the pre-modern world of war and its forgotten virtues.