Understanding — and Misunderstanding — Daniel Bell
His analytical and moral witness against secular modern radicalism is overlooked in a new book on ‘his time and ours.’
Charles Dickens, the Bible, and Us
A review of Dickens and the Bible: ‘What Providence Meant,’ by Jennifer Gribble.
Darwinian Racism: The Angry Ape
In his new book, Richard Weikart joins great anti-reductionists in offering indispensable knowledge, insight, sanity, and measure in our culture wars.
The Odyssey of Roosevelt Montás
Roosevelt Montás’s education in the ‘Great Books’ has enabled him to write a valuable and persuasive book.
On the Way with Hilaire Belloc
His travel writing, with his observations of landscapes, whole cities, and individual works of art, deserves a revisit.
Sachiko, Shusaku Endo’s World-Historical Novel
In his newly translated novel Sachiko, set in Japan and Europe during WWII, Shusaku Endo treats the variety of human love, including the self-sacrificial.
Why G. K. Chesterton Liked America
A hundred years ago, the Englishman G. K. Chesterton came to our shores and liked what he saw — unlike many of his peers. Today, it’s worth understanding why.
Jacques Barzun, Historian for All Time
The wisdom and relevance of Jacques Barzun’s salvo against Darwin, Marx, and Wagner endures, 80 years later.
How Edward Said Reoriented the West
A review of Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said, by Timothy Brennan.
G. K. Chesterton and George Bernard Shaw: An Ambivalent Literary Relationship
The Christian writer G. K. Chesterton remains a judicious guide to the modernist Nietzschean dramatist George Bernard Shaw.