A Review of Beyond Belief, Beyond Conscience
Religious freedom is at the center of liberal constitutionalism and occupies a central place in Jefferson’s and Madison’s political thinking.
Book Reviews
Fresh commentary on some of the most important books in law, politics, and culture.
A Review of The Priority of the Person
Liberalism must grapple with the transcendence of human persons.
A Review of Rediscovering Political Friendship
Ludwig argues that civic friendship can fit within liberalism and help correct its blind spot(s) to important aspects of life, like civic associations.
A Review of Foretelling the End of Capitalism
As Francesco Boldizzoni details, reports of capitalism’s demise have, time and again, been greatly exaggerated.
Past Reviews
A Review of Globalization and Liberalism
Trevor Shelley succeeds in recovering a noble and humane political perspective within the horizons of modern liberty and modern politics.
A Review of Science Fictions
Science’s successes are, in part, what make it so susceptible to the problems that plague it today.
A Review of The Twilight of Democracy
Eastern European leaders haven't lived out Montesquieu’s ideal of checks and balances, but their actions fall far short of Nazism.
A Review of Money for Nothing
Radical uncertainty—whether stemming from war, disease, or love of coffee—will always prevail.
A Review of Breaking Bread with the Dead
Our claustrophobic informational environments don’t just determine what we think, but what we love.
A Review of From Peoples into Nations
Eastern European nationalism emerged in a fusion of social and national grievances, and is essential to understanding the region’s history.
A Review of Radical Uncertainty
Models can provide a useful picture of what we think is happening in the world, but scientists place too much trust in them.
A Review of Freedom: An Unruly History
True progress in human government must allow expression to the popular will, but also restrain it by just laws and wise leadership.
A Review of Charter Schools and Their Enemies
Sowell establishes a singular principle for evaluating any proposed education reform: "How is this going to affect the education of children?"
A Review of Live Not By Lies
Is America entering a period of despotism? Dreher's new book doesn't issue a conclusive verdict.
A Review of In the Presence of Schopenhauer
Where can thinking with Schopenhauer and Houellebecq take us?
A Review of The Decline of the Novel
Novelists are no longer interested in leading us into the interior lives of the character.
A Review of The False Promise of Liberal Order
If America minimizes moral calculations in foreign affairs, it will make an admittedly harsh and dangerous world far worse.
A Review of The Feminist War on Crime
Gruber’s work may be interpreted as an example of a former radical who has modified her views in light of experience.