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The pope wants people to read literature August 31, 2024
John M. Grondelski
Staring at the modern abyss of screens, the cynic says, ‘Good luck.’
What Tolstoy could teach Madonna February 13, 2017
Peter Skurkiss
Can Tolstoy teach Madonna or Springsteen something today? Probably not, but there is plenty he could teach us about them.
New pop culture villains? July 20, 2013
Rosslyn Smith
I don't follow pop culture closely enough to say if this is a trend, but in the last month I've read two recently released mystery suspense novels with surprising villains.
C.S. Lewis: A Faith Observed March 17, 2013
Glenn Fairman
An introduction to a trustworthy guide across the Shadowlands.
What I Miss About Amer!ca (a review) October 7, 2012
Eileen F. Toplansky
A newly published gem of an ebook captures the angst of Americans who are angry and terrified at what this President has wrought during his first term.
50 Shades of Grey Trilogy Normalizing Child Sex Abuse September 17, 2012
M. Catharine Evans and Ann Kane
A sick story of an adult 27-year-old male dominating through coercion, sex, and complete control a young lady claiming to be 21 years old, but who acts and talks like a child.
Maraniss Gets Testy as New Obama Bio Tanks July 30, 2012
Jack Cashill
Maraniss spent the last four years on his career book, released it in the heart of a heated re-election season, got the kind of exposure a Kardashian would envy, and now finds the book heading for the remainder racks weeks after its release.
Dr. Jasser's Panglossian Koranic Gloss June 17, 2012
Andrew G. Bostom
Dr. Mohammed Zuhdi Jasser has just released his first book, A Battle for the Soul of Islam: An American Muslim Patriot's Fight to Save His Faith.
Allan Bloom: Remembering the Teacher April 21, 2012
Daren Jonescu
This spring marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of Bloom's best-selling philosophical polemic, The Closing of the American Mind. The time is ripe to asess the impact of the man and his work.
Savage New Territory: Trickle Down Tyranny April 5, 2012
Larrey Anderson
In the "Acknowledgments" at the end of his new book Trickle Down Tyranny, Michael Savage states that this book is his "most seminal work." He probably will be proven right. Savage is breaking fresh ground and planting original seeds.
Why the West is Best: A Muslim Apostate's Defense of Liberal Democracy March 30, 2012
Andrew E. Harrod
An American Muslim's spirited defense of Western culture.
Coincidence? January 27, 2012
Rosslyn Smith
The often controversial and always interesting libertarian scholar Charles Murray has a new book, Coming Apart: The State of White America, 1960-2010.
AMERITOPIA: Mark Levin Connects the Dots January 16, 2012
C. Edmund Wright
When I came across the line that "Utopia misapprehends man's nature," I had to stop reading and make a note to self. I do this with any brilliantly succinct and accurate notion.
Christopher Hitchens and the Meaning of Life December 18, 2011
J. Robert Smith
Death has a sting for us all, but that sting must be greatest for an atheist -- at least for a thinking atheist like Hitchens.
Review: Throw Them All Out by Peter Schweizer December 17, 2011
Matthew May
Want to get rich quick? Forget those insipid real estate infomercials that air in the dark hours of the early morning; just get yourself elected to Congress!
Moral Equivalence in the New Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy December 9, 2011
Peter Wilson
Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy (opening nationally December 9) is in many ways a brilliant new adaptation of the John Le Carré novel, with Gary Oldman in the role of George Smiley. And yet, it wouldn't be John Le Carré without what the left calls "moral complexity."
Harry Potter and the Islamization of America December 4, 2011
William A. Levinson
An unexpected lesson.
The New Gabrielle Giffords Book November 19, 2011
Elise Cooper
A book about courage and hope marred by politics.
A Double-Dose of Spengler November 15, 2011
Herbert E. Meyer
Back in the 1990s, a publication no one had ever heard of, Asia Times, began to run a column written by someone calling himself "Spengler." Now, writing under his real name, he has published two books simultaneously.
Do We Matter? September 10, 2011
Richard Baehr
David Horowitz, fierce enemy of the left, on death, the fate that awaits all living things.
I Took a Look at a Book on my Nook September 10, 2011
Ron Lipsman
I love books, always have. For most of my life I was a frequent patron of the local library. So I figured that I would try an e-reader.
On Dogs, Man, and the Navy August 27, 2011
Navy One
When an unmarried man retires, divorces himself from the Navy, and takes off his uniform for the last time, he often loses something quiet. It is subtle, this change, and those first years out of khaki dress-blues can be troubling.
Retaking the Culture: Finding The Right Stories August 21, 2011
Richard F. Miniter
Left-Wing Liberal fairy-tales clutter up the American cultural landscape like tacky modern view litter.
Castro Regime Opens Nightclub in Washington D.C. August 20, 2011
Humberto Fontova
"Hemingway's Bar" and the man the Cuban Communists lionize.
The Astonishing World to Come July 27, 2011
Herbert E. Meyer
I've just read one of the most brilliant, most important -- and most optimistic -- books about world politics that's been written in the last hundred years.
Sholem Aleichem: Laughing In The Darkness July 10, 2011
Marion DS Dreyfus
A remarkable film biography of the Yiddish literary icon.