3+ hour, 15+ min ago  (121+ words) Inevitable Differences: An Inquiry into Human Variation By J. E. R. Staddon" Academica, , 2026, 174 pages, $100 A more honest reckoning with what makes individuals and communities succeed might do considerably more good than training sessions, reparations schemes, or the unrealistic" principles of left wing thinkers....

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (69+ words) Great Power Diplomacy: The Skill of Statecraft from Attila the Hun to Kissinger By A. Wess Mitchell" Princeton, 2025, 352 pages, $27 Mitchell acknowledges that in great power politics, diplomacy unsupported by military power is little more than bluff. Global politics do not lend…...

4+ mon, 2+ week ago  (65+ words) Dispatches from the Late Republic: The Culture, Politics, and Prophets of American Greatness, Decline, and Rebirth By Michael Anton Encounter Books, 640 pages, $35 Anton is not sure that the republic can be saved, even though he applauds President Trump's attempt to…...

8+ mon, 3+ week ago  (45+ words) What's with Baum? By Woody Allen Post Hill Press, 192 pages, $28 Baum shares the tastes, preoccupations, and anhedonia of many of the protagonists of Woody Allen's movies. READ MORE from Bruce Bawer: The Princess Weds Her Shaman Revisiting'Three Days of the…...