A Review of The Political Philosophy of Pierre Manent
France’s finest contemporary political thinker can help us understand the relationship between philosophy, politics, and religion.
Archives
A Review of Every Valley
Charles King’s book chronicles the lives of Handel and those who partook in the creation of his formidable magnum opus.
A Review of Shots Heard Round the World
John Ferling’s book shows how uncertain and even unlikely American victory was in its rebellion against Britain.
A Review of Broken Altars
Twentieth-century history shows that ideological secularism is not the solution to political violence.
Past Reviews
A Review of The Persistence of the Ideological Lie
Daniel Mahoney’s book is an incisive analysis of ideological thinking and its lasting effects on the West.
A Review of World Builders
Instead of sea power, the next imperialists will depend on microchip power.
A Review of John Quincy Adams: Speeches and Writings
A new Library of America edition of John Quincy Adams’s writings demonstrates the enduring appeal—and real shortcomings—of his revolutionary conservatism.
A Review of Taking Manhattan
New York would never be the Puritans' austere city on a hill, yet it became America’s vibrant heart of capitalism.
A Review of How Do You Do It?
A new collection of the late Gerald Russello’s writing demonstrates the true insight and genuine wit of his conservative mind.
A Review of Waste Land
Robert Kaplan believes we are in a Weimar predicament of weak governance and emergency rule.
A Review of We Have Ceased to See the Purpose
Shocked by the apathy of the West, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn yearned to recover ancient wisdom.
A Review of Fewer Rules, Better People
Everyone loses when trust in a society erodes, and inflexible rules replace discretion.
A Review of Nexus
Yuval Noah Harari’s latest book is an example of how “big history” reduces complexity and neglects human agency.
A Review of Slouch Towards Utopia
The Hayekian farmer and the Polanyian cowman should be friends.
A Review of A Certain Idea of America
Peggy Noonan’s latest collection demonstrates what makes the Wall Street Journal columnist a true voice for the best of America.
A Review of Polarized by Degrees
Education has become one of the most defining differences between America's political parties.
A Review of The Opening of the Protestant Mind
Religious liberty did not emerge from abstract speculation, but rather the concrete experience of Protestant republics in the Atlantic World.
A Review of Forging the Iron Lady
A new book on Thatcher’s opposition years offers insights into healing conservatives’ divide today.