America Doesn’t Need Regime Change Patrick Deneen has written a book that reproduces and encourages a form of self-deception that’s pervasive in the United States on the populist Right. Damon Linker 6 Jun 2023 · 16 min read
The Real Cost of Cheap Labour Michael Lind's 'Hell to Pay' presents a dire cautionary message to the political establishment. Sohale Mortazavi 4 Jun 2023 · 9 min read
The Dualism of Duluoz An eagerly awaited new edition of Gerald Nicosia’s splendid Kerouac biography provides the definitive portrait of a great artist and a profoundly troubled man. David S. Wills 1 Jun 2023 · 15 min read
A Declaration of Decadence Mary Jane Rubenstein’s real target in “Astrotopia” is not the corporate space race, but the very ideas of humanism and progress. Robert Zubrin 30 May 2023 · 7 min read
World War Z A new book by historian Ian Garner investigates how the war in Ukraine is transforming Russia into a fascist society. John Lloyd 10 May 2023 · 10 min read
Uncomfortable History Grappling with Western misdeeds does not require us turn indigenous tribes into pious exemplars of moral instruction. Christopher J. Ferguson 27 Apr 2023 · 5 min read
Crisis Management Martin Wolf’s new book is a work of sombre brilliance, but it fails to grapple effectively with the postliberal analysis of what ails liberal democracies. John Lloyd 27 Mar 2023 · 9 min read
A Universe of Fizzled Stars Is failure to succeed as bad as the fall from success? Thomas Larson 17 Mar 2023 · 11 min read
Heavy Lifting Natalia Mehlman Petrzela’s ‘Fit Nation’ offers a fascinating but frustratingly selective history of America’s physical fitness obsession. Joe Lombardo 7 Mar 2023 · 10 min read
Marching Backwards Mary Harrington’s proposed solution to the excesses of modern feminism is an overcorrection. Marilyn Simon 3 Mar 2023 · 14 min read
Heidegger’s Downfall Richard Wolin’s reappraisal of Martin Heidegger offers both original contributions and a synthesis of critical scholarship. The result is a timely work of enduring importance. Jeffrey Herf 22 Feb 2023 · 18 min read
The Liberal Internationalist A fine new book argues that the contemporary Left could learn a lot from the life and work of the late polemicist Christopher Hitchens. Michael J. Totten 20 Feb 2023 · 19 min read
Colonialism and Its Discontents Oxford ethicist Nigel Biggar’s controversial reassessment of Britain’s imperial record has reignited an important academic quarrel over the meaning and legacy of empire. John Lloyd 6 Feb 2023 · 16 min read
The Inner Life of Transcendent Genius In ‘The Philosophy of Modern Song,’ Dylan contemplates himself and the art form of which he is the acknowledged master. Benjamin Kerstein 13 Jan 2023 · 13 min read
America’s Forgotten Crisis A terrific new account of America’s social and political turmoil during the 1910s and ’20s provides some much-needed perspective on the problems afflicting the country today. Michael J. Totten 17 Dec 2022 · 14 min read
