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Tag Archives: Book Reviews
Book review: Taming Globalization
Kevin D. Williamson has said of globalization that “it is irreversible, and the desire to reverse it is inhumane because (it) is making the world better. But there are tradeoffs.” He wrote that in the context of the economics and … Continue reading
The Boxer Rebellion and the Great Game in China
Interesting book review, succinct bit of history, in today’s WSJ: At the turn of the last century, with the European “Scramble for Africa,” as it was known, only recently completed, three assertive new major powers were fast emerging: Germany, Japan … Continue reading
Book review: “Coming Apart”
David Brooks, writing (The Great Divorce) last month in the NYT, said he’d be shocked “if there’s another book this year as important as Charles Murray’s “Coming Apart.” (Here’s an interview/review with Charles Murray about his book.) Murray’s argument is … Continue reading
Book review: Models Behaving Badly
Bringing ethics into his analysis, Mr. Derman has no patience for coddling the folly of individuals and institutions who over-rely on faulty models and then seek to escape the consequences. He laments the aftermath of the 2008 financial meltdown, when … Continue reading
A dependent variable is better than a dependent people
William Voegeli, author of Never Enough, asks How Low Can We Go? My answer is one way to describe the difference between liberals and conservatives is that liberals want government spending to be the independent variable that determines tax levels, … Continue reading
Book review: American Creation
Just finished Joseph J. Ellis’ follow-on to Founding Brothers. Fantastic read – sample the first 16 pages the next time you’re browsing in a book store (if you are among those who still visit book stores). They ought to be … Continue reading
Book review: The Age of Reagan
Steven F. Hayward’s The Age of Reagan – The Fall of the Old Liberal Order is dense as a good history should be. It covers what the change from JFK to LBJ wrought, and, using the same facts offers an … Continue reading
Oblivion overtakes some while living
Great quote from a book review of James Grant’s Mr. Speaker! – a book about Thomas Reed, Speaker of the House from 1889-1891 and 1895-1899. “He has been dead scarce 25 years,” Reed said of Gov. King, “yet all that can … Continue reading
Seek perfection, get North Korea
A review by Anthony Daniels of The Conservative Foundations of the Liberal Order: Defending Democracy against Its Modern Enemies and Immoderate Friends, by Daniel J. Mahoney. The utopian impulse, which fills the metaphysical vacuum left by the death of God … Continue reading
One cannot usher in the kingdom of God by electing politicians or passing bills.
Good book review in National Review of City of Man – Religion and Politics in a New Era, by Michael Gerson and Peter Wehner. Still, Gerson and Wehner are correct that religious conservatives have not always acted or spoken in … Continue reading
