Book Reviews

The Right's Infatuation With Fascist Strongmen Is Nothing New

Jacob Heilbrunn's book excavates the authoritarian intellectual roots of Trump's MAGA movement

Mar 26 •

The New Right's Attack on Markets Is as Ignorant as the Old Left's

State capitalism that both sides are pushing will lead to economic ruin and corruption

Feb 16 •

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Liz Cheney’s Stand Against Trump: Too Late, But Not Too Little

In her new book, she should have held herself accountable for enabling him for so long

Jan 24 •

No, Canada Is Not About to Become A Populist Hotbed

An American political scientist comes to Canada with a warning that doesn’t quite land

Sep 14, 2023 •

A Landmark Study Debunks Populist Anti-Immigrant Narratives

If science and facts could change hearts and minds, ‘Streets of Gold’ would cause America to once again embrace immigrants

Aug 3, 2023 •

Michael Clemens

The Triumph of Wilson's Vision of Congress Over Madison's Has Polarized America

If the two parties had represented factions instead of ideologies as the Founder wanted, the country may have avoided rank partisanship and gridlock

Jul 8, 2023 •

Josh Hawley Is Good at Neither Preaching Nor Practicing “Masculine” Virtues

The Republican senator’s book is as uncourageous as his flight from the Jan. 6 mob

Jun 28, 2023 •

How Liberals Can Avoid Succumbing to the Illiberal Temptation

A review of "Liberalism in Dark Times"

Mar 29, 2023 •

‘The Courage To Be MAGA-Free’: Not a Book by Ron DeSantis

The Florida governor’s campaign volume reveals another populist authoritarian, not an alternative to Trump

Mar 23, 2023 •

Politics Sometimes Needs Great Literature to Save It from Itself

Salman Rushdie's Victory City, an allegory of our current struggle for liberalism, rises to the occasion

Mar 7, 2023 •

A Libertarian Economist's Denialist Foray Into Feminism

Bryan Caplan's out-of-character diatribe refuses to even acknowledge that women ever had it bad

Dec 20, 2022 •

Another Day, Another Book Against the Woke "New Puritans"

Andrew Doyle—aka Titania McGrath—promised an erudite and measured account of this left wing movement but delivered hyperbole

Dec 8, 2022 •

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