On the Way
Tracy Lee Simmons reviews Nostalgia: Going Home in a Homeless World, by Anthony Esolen.
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Destiny in Retrospect
Tracy Lee Simmons reviews Churchill: Walking with Destiny, by Andrew Roberts.
Wisdom Literature
Tracy Lee Simmons reviews Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times, by Leon R. Kass.
Churchill’s Meditations
Of all the impulses that may drive someone to add yet another book to the colossal literature on Winston Churchill, one that quietly throws singular light on Churchill’s sober grasp ...
Churchill’s Anglosphere
Sir Winston Churchill’s four-volume History of the English-Speaking Peoples may not be on many lists of must-read books anymore, but those of us who spent rainy afternoons and quiet evenings ...
America’s Iliad
Every generation christens its own favored Civil War book, almost by clockwork. Twenty-five years ago, James McPherson brought forth his richly awarded and eminently readable Battle Cry of Freedom, just ...
A Classic Renewed
Translating makes a dirty, thankless business — except, of course, to those for whom the work is its own reward. The translator stands to readers rather as the piano player ...
Architect of Freedom
Among the founding fathers of the top tier, James Madison takes the honor as the one we know the least about. We recall that he’s the “Father of the Constitution,” ...
‘Getting the Words Right’
Once upon a seminar in the mid 1980s, a cadre of graduate teaching assistants gathered to hear a talk delivered by the author of a textbook designed for courses in ...