Book Reviews

February 18, 2019|Brainstorm, epilepsy, Suzanne O'Sullivan

A Compelling and Compassionate Book about Epilepsy

by Theodore Dalrymple|1 Comment

Our knowledge of the human brain is limited, but neuroscientist Suzanne O’Sullivan’s observation of her patients yields astute insights.

February 11, 2019|Churchill: Walking with Destiny, Clementine Churchill, Edmund Burke, Winston Churchill

Andrew Roberts Takes the Measure of the “Populist” Aristocrat, Churchill

by Joao Carlos Espada|1 Comment

Yes, there is something new to be learned about Winston Churchill, and it's in the new 1,105-page biography by Andrew Roberts.

February 4, 2019|Alexander Hamilton, American Revolution, Benjamin Franklin, George Washington, honor

Honor, Sacred and Profane

by Lynn Uzzell|Leave a Comment

Craig Bruce Smith shows that honor was a vitally important concept for the development of the American nation.

January 28, 2019|John Marshall, Richard Brookhiser

Jurisprudence as an Expression of Character

by Marc DeGirolami|Leave a Comment

The eminently useful personal qualities of John Marshall.

January 28, 2019|James Madison, Jefferson and the Virginians, Patrick Henry, Peter S. Onuf, Thomas Jefferson

Peter Onuf’s Jefferson

by Kevin Gutzman|Leave a Comment

A great historian shows us how much there is still to learn about the nation’s third President.

January 14, 2019|Ariel Helfer, Plato, Socrates and Alcibiades

Is the Political Leader Teachable?

by Avi Mintz|Leave a Comment

Socrates and his pupil Alcibiades, a study in contrasts.

January 7, 2019|George Weigel, The Fragility of Order

Rebuilding a Fragile Political Order

by Nathaniel Peters|2 Comments

George Weigel on the truths we still ought to hold dear.

December 24, 2018|farm-to-table movement, Wendell Berry, William Faulkner

The Bard of Kentucky

by Rafael Alvarez|4 Comments

Wendell Berry is only the third living novelist to make the Library of America pantheon.

December 17, 2018|Fletcher v. Peck, Foster v. Neilson, Gibbons v. Ogden, James Markham Marshall, Joel Richard Paul, John Marshall, Marbury v. Madison, The Antelope, Wickard v. Filburn, Without Precedent

Without Evidence: Joel Richard Paul’s John Marshall

by Kevin Walsh|9 Comments

What could be worse than attributing a crime to John Marshall and his brother? Justifying it, which is in effect what this biographer does.

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A Compelling and Compassionate Book about Epilepsy

by Theodore Dalrymple

Our knowledge of the human brain is limited, but neuroscientist Suzanne O’Sullivan’s observation of her patients yields astute insights.

Andrew Roberts Takes the Measure of the “Populist” Aristocrat, Churchill

by Joao Carlos Espada

Yes, there is something new to be learned about Winston Churchill, and it's in the new 1,105-page biography by Andrew Roberts.

Born-Again Paganism: A Conversation with Steven Smith

A discussion with Steven D. Smith

Steven Smith talks with Richard Reinsch about his provocative thesis that a modern form of paganism is becoming public orthodoxy.

"Slouching Towards Mar-a-Lago:" A Conversation with Andrew Bacevich

A discussion with Andrew J. Bacevich

Andrew Bacevich discusses his new book Twilight of the American Century

Bureaucracy, Regulation, and the Unmanly Contempt for the Constitution

A discussion with John Marini

John Marini unmasks the century-long effort to undermine the Constitution's distribution of power.

Beautiful Losers in American Politics: A Conversation with Nicole Mellow

A discussion with Nicole Mellow

Nicole Mellow on the beautiful losers in American politics who have redefined the country.

State Versus National Citizenship in Our New Federalism

We are fast abandoning the fundamental jurisprudence of our law that legislatures make general rules and courts apply them to specific circumstances.
by Thomas Ascik
Right Populism, Left Populism, and Constitutional Constraints

A good constitution thus can cabin the damage that popular movements may do, while still permitting them to shake up complacent elites.
by John O. McGinnis
Hell Is Truth Realized Too Late: Russia and the Legacy of World War I

Had the costs of war and revolution been understood, Russia might have avoided much of what it suffered over the 20th century.
by William Anthony Hay
Did New York City Really Lose Out in Amazon Deal?

Perhaps we should be with the socialists on this one: NYC did not lose much in net by Amazon’s pullout.
by James R. Rogers
A Corrupt Republic? Hamilton, Madison, and the Rise of Oligarchy

Jay Cost asks his readers to reconsider the ways that corruption all too easily flows from the federal government, in every era.
by Tony Williams