A collection of book reviews from the perspective of a conservative college student.
Introduction One of the most difficult, but also most necessary, tasks that conservatives face is attempting to examine, dissect, and understand leftist thinking. That task… Read More »Review of “Fools, Frauds, and Firebrands: The Thinkers of the New Left” by Roger Scruton
Introduction One core tenet of economic and political thought, generally on the libertarian and conservative side, is that the market is a separate entity from… Read More »Review of “The American Political Economy” by Marc Eisner
Introduction Lobbying is a facet of American political life that I have grown increasingly interested in over the past few years. One on hand, many… Read More »Review of “The Lobbyists: How Influence Peddlers Get Their Way in Washington” by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum
Introduction Some authors are self-important and overly wordy. Their books or articles could make a point succinctly, but instead spend far too long delving into… Read More »Review of “Defeating Jihad: The Winnable War” by Dr. Sevastian Gorka
Introduction These are dark times we live in; one party is drifting towards socialism and the other seems unmoored and unrealistic. Both are plagued by… Read More »Review of “Lives of the Stoics: The Art of Living from Zeno to Marcus Aurelius” by Ryan Holiday
Introduction Term Limits by Vince Flynn is a book with an interesting premise that is highly relevant to these chaotic, violent times that we live… Read More »Review of Term Limits by Vince Flynn
Introduction Few books that I have read have made a deep impression on me. Atlas Shrugged was one that did and The Forgotten Soldier by… Read More »Review of “The Last Lion: Winston Spencer Churchill” by William Manchester
Introduction Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World by Robert Gates is a book that I… Read More »Review of “Exercise of Power: American Failures, Successes, and a New Path Forward in the Post-Cold War World” by Robert Gates
Introduction As a fair warning from the beginning, I did not read the full version of Plutarch’s Lives of the Noble Greeks. In fact, the… Read More »Review of Plutarch’s “Lives of the Noble Greeks”
Introduction Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire by Niall Ferguson is a book that most Americans, conservative or liberal, probably don’t want… Read More »Review of “Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire” by Niall Ferguson
Introduction Warren Buffet is one of the most famous businessmen and investors in America. Maybe Jeff Bezos is better known. Bill Gates also could be.… Read More »Review of “The Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life” by Alice Schroeder
Introduction Fooled by Randomness is the sort of book that I normally wouldn’t read. Like When Breath Becomes Air, it’s about a subject that I’m… Read More »Review of “Fooled by Randomness” by Nassim Taleb
Introduction As you’ve probably already gathered by my reviews of books of his, such as God is My Broker, But Enough about You, and Wry… Read More »Review of “Little Green Men” by Christopher Buckley
Introduction Surely, by now, you’ve seen one of the horrible headlines. Bodies were found in Sinaloa. Or authorities suspect hundreds of tons of drugs were… Read More »Review of “El Narco: Inside Mexico’s Criminal Insurgency” by Ioan Grillo
Introduction I’ll admit it- the Louisiana Purchase and the exploration and settlement of that territory is something that fascinates me more than it probably should.… Read More »Review of “This Affair of Louisiana” by Alexander De Conde
Introduction Do you want to learn how to manipulate people? Or ascend to power and then hold onto that power? Or maybe you just want… Read More »Review of “The Prince” by Niccolo Machiavelli
Introduction With all that’s been in the news recently about Hunter Biden, lobbying, and potential foreign influence in our policy decisions during the Obama Administration,… Read More »Review of “The Third House: Lobbyists and Lobbying in the States”
Introduction Because of my school schedule, I have had trouble with writing book reviews as frequently as I would like to. I apologize for that… Read More »Review of “The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism” by Max Weber
Introduction As I have discussed in previous posts, namely my reviews of Carrying the Fire, Orphans of the Sky, and The Theory of Everything, I… Read More »Review of “Robots in Space,” A Terrific Book about Space Travel
Introduction In modern America, we are witnessing an attack on property rights that is unprecedented in the post-feudal Western world. While property used to be… Read More »Review of The Noblest Triumph by Tom Bethel