The only thing more frightening than annihilation is the possibility that our decadent society could coast on forever.

A review of Our Kids: The American Dream in Crisis, by Robert D. Putnam

Charles Murray reviews two books about meritocracy.

A review of The Social Animal: The Hidden Sources of Love, Character, and Achievement, by David Brooks

A review of Goddess of the Market: Ayn Rand and the American Right, by Jennifer Burns and Ayn Rand and the World She Made, by Anne C. Heller