Book Reviews
“More Than a Score” Presents the Liberal Case Against Standardized Tests
A leader in the anti-test movement put together a new book on the rebellion, More Than a Score, looking at the issue from a...
A Review of “World Federalism 101”
Despite much denial, there is a long history of groups trying to establish world government. Now the evidence is listed by a proponent...
Read moreA Review of “Edmund Burke—The First Conservative”
Jesse Norman's new book on Edmund Burke offers a noteworthy introduction to the life and thought of the father of conservatism. ...
Read more“Common Ground on Common Core” Book Demolishes Common Core Fraud
This book represents a collection of voices from across the political spectrum that are unified in their view that Common Core will dramatically...
Read moreA Review of “South Africa’s Border War 1966–1989”
The fight against communist forces in Southern Africa has almost been forgotten over the past 25 years, but the republication of Steenkamp's history...
Read moreA Review of “Guns Across the Border”
Mike Detty's inside account of Operation Wide Receiver exposes the inner workings of the ATF's gun running scandals of the early Obama years....
Read moreA Review of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “Beowulf”
The latest volume from the previously-unpublished writings of the author of The Hobbit is a memorial to Tolkien's standing as a brilliant scholar....
Read moreA Choice Not an Echo, Fifty Years Later
In her 2014 update to A Choice Not and Echo, Phyllis Schlafly demonstrates that not much has changed, as Republican candidates for president...
Read moreA Review of McDevitt’s “Coming Home”
Jack McDevitt's latest novel, Coming Home, looks at the history of the “golden age” of the twentieth century's space program from a vantage...
Read moreA Review of Mahoney’s “The Other Solzhenitsyn”
Mahoney's defense of Alexandr Solzhenitsyn as a proponent of liberty and a faithful Christian offers a worthy introduction to the thought of one...
Read moreA Review of “In the Kingdom of Ice”
Hampton Sides’ account of the Jeanette expedition to the Arctic is a powerful story of American heroism. ...
Read moreA Review of Biss’ “On Immunity”
Eula Biss' examination of the vaccination debate On Immunity — An Inoculation is not immune to criticism. ...
Read moreBook Review: John Pafford’s “Russell Kirk”
John Pafford's introduction to the life and work of Russell Kirk is a worthy contribution to the study of the thought of the...
Read moreA Review of Dugin’s “The Fourth Political Theory”
Alexander Dugin's postmodern Fourth Political Theory seeks to merge aspects of Liberalism, Communism, and Fascism into an ideology that can bring about “the End...
Read moreA Review of Schweizer’s “Extortion”
In his most recent book, Extortion, Peter Schweizer documents a form of corruption in Washington, D.C., which he likens to organized crime's protection rackets....
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