This month, The New Criterion is featuring my essay on Robert Bork’s thought. It’s occasioned by the release of his new book, A Time to Speak, which collects 50 years’ worth of Judge Bork’s essays, legal arguments and legal opinions — on everything from the limited role of judges in a free society to the limited role of vermouth in a proper martini. As I’ve already had plenty to say about him in the essay, I’ll leave it at this here: Bob Bork is one of the most important thinkers, and one of the best people, of our time.