Why Open Borders Are Bad For America’s Immigrants
In ‘Melting Pot or Civil War? A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders,’ Reihan Salam says America must make smart investments in alleviating global poverty as it moves toward a more skills-based immigration system.
Reese Witherspoon’s New Book Proves She Knows A Thing Or Two About Southern Charm
The famous actress’s new book, ‘Whiskey in a Teacup: What Growing Up in the South Taught Me About Life, Love, and Baking Biscuits,’ could teach us all something about manners.
America Is Abdicating Its Role In Global Leadership
A new book by Robert Kagan, ‘The Jungle Grows Back: America and Our Imperiled World,’ argues that the liberal world order is unraveling at a frightening pace, hastened in no small measure by its chief custodian and beneficiary.
‘Girl, Wash Your Face’ Is Of No Comfort To Hurting Women, But This Is
If the idea of another self-help book leaves you feeling tired before you have even turned one page, try some Jesus-help instead.
This Book Uncovers The Secret History Of World Intelligence Services
Cambridge professor Christopher Andrew has written ‘The Secret World: A History of Intelligence,’ a book that despite a few flaws, proves to be a definitive account of the role of clandestine intelligence gathering played in world history.
How Bitter Political Disputes Made America Great
In Jay Cost’s latest book, ‘The Price of Greatness,’ the scholar and journalist lays out a compelling analysis of the feud between Alexander Hamilton and James Madison showing that their disagreements resulted in a synthesis of differing opinions that allowed our early republic to thrive.
The Liberal Defense Of Campus Free Speech Is Admirable But Inadequate
In Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman’s ‘Free Speech on Campus,’ two liberal academics make an admirable defense of free speech but are ultimately too charitable to the leftist radicals who dominate campus debates.
Reading The Great Books Well Should Transcend Moralism
Karen Swallow Prior’s ‘On Reading Well’ offers some excellent advice for drawing moral lessons from literature, but sometimes great art proves so ambiguous that drawing pat conclusions is difficult.
This Book Ably Dissects The Contradictions At The Heart Of Postmodernism
Canadian critic Paul Gosselin’s ‘Flight from the Absolute’ is a skillful dissection of the many and various ways postmodernism and its institutional enforcers are undermining society.
In ‘All Happy Families,’ Jeanne McCulloch Tries To Learn From A Family Full Of Bad Marriages
In Jeanne McCulloch’s new memoir, ‘All Happy Families,’ the former managing editor of The Paris Review picks apart the failed marriages in her family with recollections that are at once potent and imperfect.
Reconsidering The Astonishing Literary Legacy Of James Michener
The bestselling author of historical fiction got a bad rap in literary circles, but his rejection of postmodernism has given rise to jaded and unfair judgments of his epic storytelling.
Review: The Rise Of The Asian Superpowers Isn’t Inevitable
In ‘The End of the Asian Century,’ Michael Auslin argues the West isn’t paying enough attention to the political, demographic, and economic risks that threaten Asia’s growing influence in world affairs.
Why Reading Jane Austen Is Essential To Understanding Virtue And Vice
Virtues like courage and moderation are character traits that reveal themselves when one is faced with great adversity or great pleasure.
The Book World Is Getting Way Too Politicized. Here’s What To Do About That
‘De-platforming’ dissident voices is the new weapon de jure, and it’s no longer confined to social media or university speaking schedules. It’s affecting publishing and libraries as well.
Examine The Key Figures Who Shaped Our Understanding Of The Constitution
In ‘The Lives of the Constitution: Ten Exceptional Minds that Shaped America’s Supreme Law,’ scholar Joseph Tartakovsky explains how a remarkably diverse collection of intellectuals have defined public perception of the Constitution.
You Won’t Believe What Kids Can Find On ‘Transgender’ At The Public Library
All but one of the hundreds of transgender books in my public library promote a movement derived from queer theory and built on a psychiatric condition.
70 Years Ago, Whittaker Chambers Stood Courageously As A ‘Witness’ Against Totalitarian Propaganda
Chambers avoids easy labels, instead clarifying the stakes of the game: Who has ultimate sovereignty over human life, man or God?
Remembering Nobel Prize Winner V.S. Naipaul, A Brilliant Defender Of Humane Values
With the death of the Nobel Prize winning author, we’ve lost a great writer who both valued civilization, and saw the world as it is, not how he wished it to be.
Leon Kass Offers Suggestions On How To Be A Human Being In ‘Leading A Worthy Life’
A book of essays by Leon Kass examine how to live with purpose and dignity in a demeaning age. But not everyone is going to like what he has to say.
Review: Big Tech Is Sowing The Seeds Of Its Own Destruction
In his latest book, ‘Life After Google,’ futurist and entrepreneur George Gilder warns that Silicon Valley’s big tech companies will soon be undone by their own arrogance and new technologies such as blockchain.
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