Books
A Shepherd of Wolves
Our sacralizing tendency assimilates every issue into a spiritualized conflict of visions that is ultimately not about policy but about identity.
Heavy Is the Head
Eliot Cohen’s ‘The Hollow Crown’ intertwines Shakespearean insights with the history of statesmen, past and present.
The Dispatch’s Best of 2023
The culture and content we enjoyed the most this year.
‘The Conservative Mind’ at 70
A rising generation can still look to Russell Kirk’s classic for real inspiration.
Socrates and Xi Jinping Go Into a Bar
A review of ‘Plato Goes to China: The Greek Classics and Chinese Nationalism.’
Book Review: ‘The Next American Economy’ by Samuel Gregg
As the populist elements of the right and left converge on economics, a new text provides a much-needed corrective.
Saving Liberalism from Itself
A new book from Francis Fukuyama is a timely defense of liberalism.
Book Review: ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ by Anthony Doerr
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author has produced a beautifully written, well-paced, thought-provoking novel.
How Shall I Sing the Lord’s Song in a Strange Land?
Trying to Root for the Cleveland ... Guardians.
