A Review of Natural Law Republicanism
The Roman philosopher’s fragile trinity of natural law, popular sovereignty, and liberty represents a pinnacle of classical republican thought.
Book Reviews
Fresh commentary on some of the most important books in law, politics, and culture.
A Review of A New Birth of Marriage
A new book argues that America's Founders viewed domestic life as the equal partner to public life.
A Review of Woke Racism
John McWhorter unmasks the Establishment Church of Wokeness.
A Review of Edmund Burke and the Perennial Battle
A robust defense of ordered liberty is more relevant than ever against the totalitarian movements of our day.
Past Reviews
A Review of Super Courses
What should be in today's college syllabus?
A Review of Reopening Muslim Minds
The concern for liberty in Islamic political thought is often overlooked.
A Review of The Problem of Atheism
Augusto Del Noce revealed the horrors of the 20th century's experiments with Marxism.
A Review of Created Equal
Justice Clarence Thomas has had many important influences, but he will always be his grandfather's son.
A Review of Critical Revolutionaries
Terry Eagleton's newest book tries to combine serious literary criticism with a refined form of Marxism—the result is an unstable compound.
A Review of The Chancellor
The legacy of Angela Merkel's 16-year reign as Chancellor of Germany is more complicated than Kati Marton's hagiography suggests.
A Review of Last Summer Boys
This is a novel about things boys used to do, like surviving in the wilderness, fighting for a good cause, meeting girls, and becoming men.
A Review of Shakespeare and the Idea of Western Civilization
As the principal poet of Western Christendom, Shakespeare soars above his parochial modern critics.
A Review of New Democracy
Novak's New Democracy is a call for the administrative state to remake America in its own image.
Book Review
Two recent books help us see how being human requires us to honor the communities and inheritances into which we're born.
A Review of Uncertain Ground
In a culture that struggles to understand duty and honor, soldiers are often unseen and misunderstood.
A Review of In Defense of German Colonialism
Bruce Gilley argues that German colonialism was a force for good.
A Review of The Christian Structure of Politics: On the De Regno of Thomas Aquinas
If one wants to avoid the pitfalls of integralist or progressivie statism, De Regno’s vision of politics has much to teach us.
A Review of The Employees
If we strip away the essential aspects of human nature, we are inevitably doomed to self-destruction.