A Review of The Tech Exit
Kids are better off without digital tech.
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A Review of Money, Lies, and God
Often, the kind of rhetoric that sells books doesn't contribute to healthy political discourse.
A Review of A Front Row Seat at the End of History
A new collection of writing from M. L. R. Smith and the late David Martin Jones reveals insights about the threats to the global order built by the West.
A Review of Maternal Ambivalence
We shouldn't need a psychotherapist to tell us that it's okay to have some negative feelings about maternity.
Past Reviews
A Review of Contending for American Nationhood
A new book examines early debates on American adaptation of the common law and what it meant for national identity.
A Review of Gettysburg: The Tide Turns
A new “oral history” captures the tragedy of Gettysburg, even as it misses some facts.
A Review of Seven Things You Can't Say About China
Senator Tom Cotton’s book is a tacit admission that more than 50 years of American policies toward China have failed.
A Review of In Covid's Wake
The Covid pandemic showed the tension between our modern commitment to science and our liberal-democratic ideas of toleration.
A Review of Liberty as Independence
Quentin Skinner’s book is a powerful reminder of the old adage that “no cause is ever lost because no cause is ever really won."
A Review of Liberty as Independence
Quentin Skinner’s notion of liberty has more in common with the liberalism he attacks than he may wish.
A Review of The Enlightenment
A new book persuasively argues against the all-too-common notion that a unitary “Enlightenment” gave birth to the modern world.
A Review of Capitalism: Histories
Modern economic growth began in the West, but now can be seen in a fascinating range of forms across the globe.
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.
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.
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.