Congratulations to sometime NRO-nik John Fonte of the Hudson Institute for winning this year’s Henry Paolucci/Walter Bagehot Book Award from the Intercollegiate Studies Institute for his outstanding 2011 book Sovereignty or Submission: Will Americans Rule Themselves or be Ruled by Others? John’s in good company, following last year’s award to Ratification: The People Debate the Constitution, 1787-1788, and the prior year’s Advice to War Presidents.

If you can’t be in Wilmington, Del., on November 1 to hear his book talk, check out this panel discussion on his book, featuring, among others, John O’Sullivan, or read Stanley Kurtz’s review on the Corner.