Raymond Chandler’s Detective Novels Endure Because Of Their Flaws
A new annotated edition of Chandler’s classic book ‘The Big Sleep,’ is a good opportunity to reexamine the atmosphere and attitudes surrounding famed detective Philip Marlowe.
The Case For Making The GOP A Working-Class Party
In F.H. Buckley’s new book, ‘The Republican Workers Party,’ the professor and Trump speechwriter argues that the party needs to address inequality and make a persuasive case for nationalism based on liberty.
Thomas Sowell Explains The Economics Of Discrimination
The revered economist’s latest book, ‘Discrimination and Disparities,’ takes a look at the high cost of misguided policies aimed at achieving social justice.
The Tales Of Adventure And Romance Behind World War II’s Flying Tigers
A new history by Sam Kleiner, ‘The Flying Tigers: The Untold Story of the American Pilots Who Waged a Secret War Against Japan,’ tells the story of how some of America’s most legendary pilots and mercenaries helped win World War II.
How Punk Rock Helped Topple The Berlin Wall
In the book ‘Burning Down the Haus: Punk Rock, Revolution, and the Fall of the Berlin Wall,’ Tim Mohr examines the colorful history of East German punk, an account marred only by some knee-jerk politics.
Roger Daltrey Reflects On Not Dying Before He Got Old
In ‘Thanks a Lot, Mr. Kibblewhite: My Story,’ the most sober member of one of rock and roll’s most legendary and destructive bands reflects on his in and out of the Who.
How Seasteading Can Change The Environment And Society For The Better
In ‘Seasteading: How Floating Nations Will Restore the Environment, Enrich the Poor, Cure the Sick, and Liberate Humanity from Politicians,’ authors Joe Quirk and Patri Friedman argue that colonizing the oceans points the way forward for humanity.
Rod Serling Was So Much More Than ‘The Twilight Zone’
Nicholas Parisi’s new biography, ‘Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination,’ fails to present a complete picture of the legendary screenwriter who did his best work outside the TV show that made him famous.
Revisiting Harvey Milk, Jim Jones, And San Francisco’s Ten Days Of Violence
Author Daniel J. Flynn’s, ‘Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and 10 Days that Shook San Francisco,’ is a compelling history that looks at two pivotal events of the 1970s that further woke America up to the realities of hippie idealism.
David Frum Exposes The Dangers Of Living In A ‘Trumpocracy’
David Frum’s book, ‘Trumpocracy: The Corruption of the American Republic,’ raises important questions about the direction that the country is headed under an unprecedented president.
How A KGB Double Agent Saved Britain And Won The Cold War For The West
Historian Ben MacIntyre’s new book, ‘The Spy and the Traitor,’ tells the thrilling story of how the KGB’s Oleg Gordievsky helped check the Soviet Union as Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan fought communism.
Learning How To Make The ‘Benedict Option’ A Reality
Leah Libresco’s new book, ‘Building the Benedict Option: A Guide to Gathering Two or Three Together in His Name,’ offers lots of practical advice for how you can build and strengthen your Christian communities.
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.
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.
Podcast: Why Open Borders Are Bad For Everyone
Reihan Salam discusses the complicated discourse around immigration, and why uncontrolled immigration is bad for everyone, even those foreign-born.
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.
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