From the Editor's Desk
War Without Victory
Can we end our wars without winning them?
Correspondence
Correspondence
Correspondence from the Winter 2015/16 issue of CRB
Essays
The Self-Made Trap
Hadley Arkes looks at the conservative case against gay marriage.
Free at Last
The 13th Amendment's enduring greatness.
Master of Suspense
Alfred Hitchcock's postmodern appeal.
The Prince
Vladimir Putin as Machiavellian statesman.
The Philistine on Parnassus
Why we haven't outgrown Thomas Babington Macaulay.
Unsafe Spaces
The silencing of the American mind.
Book Reviews
Helicopter Ben
James Grant reviews Ben Bernanke on the financial crisis.
People of the Book
Joseph Bottum reviews In the Beginning Was the Word: The Bible in American Public Life, 1492-1783.
The Church of Environmentalism
Jeremy Carl reviews four books on environmentalism.
What Women Want
Carol Iannone reviews Feminism Unfinished.
We Win, They Lose
Paul Kengor reviews Robert Services's book on the end of the Cold War.
The Higher Shamelessness
America is far from shameless.
The Roosevelt Revolution
Tiffany Jones Miller looks at the way Roosevelt shaped modern America.
Who Lost the Colonies?
Jake Rakove looks at the origins of the American Revolution.
Losing the Argument
Robert Reilly believes conservatives have lost the battle to save traditional marriage because they've chosen losing arguments.
Guide to Greatness
Andrew Roberts reviews Larry Arnn's book on Winston Churchill's three great trials.
Bellow’s Gift
Tim Speikerman looks at Saul Bellow's life and work.
Scottish Philosophy, American Morality
Bruce Thornton looks at the influence of the Scottish Enlightenment on the American Founding.
Foreign Policy, American-Style
Paul Carrese reviews Henry Nau's book on conservative internationalism.
Shadow Play
Whistleblowers and Deaf Ears
Democracy and transparency need each other.
Last Rites
Michael Uhlmann remembers Antonin Scalia.