The End of Secularism by Hunter Baker

It is always a bit nerve racking when friends write books. I mean, what if you don’t like it? Or worse it is very poorly done?
Well, luckily I dodged that particular bullet with The End of Secularism by Hunter Baker. I have never met the good Dr. Baker (not to confuse you [...]

Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift by Paul Rahe

“Let our motto be, as once it was, ‘Don’t tread on me!’ And let our virtue be individual responsibility.”

I had the pleasure of speaking recently with Paul Rahe, who is the author of Soft Despotism, Democracy’s Drift: Montesquieu, Rousseau, Tocquville and the Modern Prospect (Yale University Press: 2009).
Professor Rahe’s book is the first of three [...]

Liberal Fascism by Jonah Goldberg

I don’t really have the energy or time to take on the book’s critics (even the few more serious ones). But let me just note a few things about some of the responses.

Flying High: Remembering Barry Goldwater by William F. Buckley Jr.

This volume is an obvious must have for Buckley and Goldwater fans, but it is also an interesting look at the intersection of the conservative movement and American politics.