Who Owns the Founding?
A review of Fighting over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution, by Andrew M. Schocket
by Alan Gibson
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Book Reviews
Who Owns the Founding?
A review of Fighting over the Founders: How We Remember the American Revolution, by Andrew M. Schocket
Looking for Meaning in All the Wrong Places
There is no human purpose or meaning in a strictly material world
Slavery All the Way Down
A review of The Half Has Never Been Told: Slavery and the Making of American Capitalism, by Edward E. Baptist
Fatal Symmetry
A review of Landslide: LBJ and Ronald Reagan at the Dawn of a New America, by Jonathan Darman
General of the Lost Cause
How General Robert E. Lee accidentally saved the Constitution
Party Animals
A review of The Promise of Party in a Polarized Age, by Russell Muirhead
A Living Tradition
A new collection from a noted classical architect.
From the Editor's Desk
Shadow Play
Essays
Martin Gilbert among the Wodges
Woman in Full
Wolfe's four novels are nothing if not entertaining - so much so that even friendly reviewers tend to overlook their underlying seriousness.
The Courage of His Contradictions
Kissinger's 17th book does, in fact, make plain the views on war, peace, and America's global role.
Which Side Are You On?
Liberalism and political correctness.