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.
Book Reviews
Fresh commentary on some of the most important books in law, politics, and culture.
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.
Past Reviews
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.
A Review of It's Not Free Speech
Liberal academics are repenting of their commitment to academic freedom.
A Review of Tearing Us Apart
Dobbs provides an opportunity for a reinvigorated social conservatism.
A Review of American Citizenship and Constitutionalism in Principle and Practice
Can Americans still live together under a coherent political union in spite of their differences?
A Review of Fossil Future
Fossil fuels are still essential for preserving human civilization.
A Review of What It Took to Win
Recent histories of America's two political parties show what it takes to win a governing majority.
A Review of The Hebrew Bible
Robert Alter's translation of the Hebrew Bible is hauntingly beautiful at points, but it is ultimately a Bible without God.
A Review of What It Took to Win
Michael Kazin's new book advises the Democratic Party to return to its traditional mission of defending working-class interests.
A Review of The First Populist
Jackson's supporters wanted him to be “a curative to the corrupt politics cankering Washington." In other words, he was sent there to drain the swamp.
A Review of America on Fire
America on Fire is an ideological account of American race riots that fails to hold up against the facts.