Category: books

Douglas Murray’s ‘Uncancelled History’ Series Pushes Back on Presentism

Douglas Murray, the famed political commentator and author of the bestselling book “The War on the West,” has recently completed a 10 episode podcast and YouTube series entitled “Uncancelled History.” Murray, never intimidated by difficult or controversial topics, introduced the podcast season with the lightning rod subject of Robert E. Lee, the famous general of…


Painted With Words: The Exhilarating Western Adventures of Theodore Roosevelt

Modernity’s best-selling history book author, David McCullough, knew how to tell a factual story that did not leave his readers yawning or pining for a thriller. Before he died in August 2022 at age 89, his thorough biographies, two of which received the Pulitzer Prize, captivated millions of readers due to his stimulating storytelling style….


Book Review: ‘The Masculinity Manifesto: How a Man Establishes Influence, Credibility, & Authority’

In his refreshingly candid book, “The Masculinity Manifesto: How a Man Establishes Influence, Credibility, & Authority,” Ryan Michler, the host of the Order of Man podcast (downloaded over 45 million times) argues that masculinity should be celebrated and nurtured rather than denigrated and eliminated. Men require purpose, and need to feel useful, productive, and valuable,…


Abdiel and Lucifer on the Question of Freedom

What is freedom? Is freedom the ability to do whatever we want whenever we want? Or is freedom directly connected to our ability to control ourselves? Does freedom occur when we can guarantee equal outcomes for all? Or does freedom have more to do with recognizing the supremacy of God’s righteousness? As we continue our…


Book Review: ‘Waffen-SS Soldier Versus Soviet Rifleman: Rostov-on-Don and Kharkov 1942–43’

The myths behind the German and Soviet soldiers are true, in the sense that the former were victorious by their military acumen and the latter were victorious by sheer mass. Nazi Germany’s military might is often referred to as the German War Machine, as it was a well-oiled machine practically top to bottom (ironically, the…


Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for March 10–16

This week, we feature a collection of Tolstoy’s most famous stories and an inspiring memoir about one man’s mission to save a friend from the Taliban. Memoir ‘Saving Aziz: How the Mission to Help One Became a Calling to Rescue Thousands From the Taliban’ By Chad Robichaux The exit from Afghanistan is one of the…


Book Review: ‘A Man of Iron: The Turbulent Life and Improbable Presidency of Grover Cleveland’

Grover Cleveland often gets categorized as a president of trivial significance. Trivial as in trivia. He is known as the only president to serve two non-consecutive terms, the only president to get married inside the White House, and a president who underwent a secret and potentially life-saving surgery on a yacht. He was also the…


A.A. Milne: The Wisdom of Winnie the Pooh

Every adult knows that the world is a scary place. We try to shield our children in a safe environment that allows them to develop the confidence and assurance to, one day, confront this scariness. Children that lack this nurturing atmosphere sadly tend to learn maladaptive ways of dealing with the world. Less obvious is…


Book Review: ‘La Duchesse: The Life of Marie de Vignerot, Cardinal Richelieu’s Forgotten Heiress Who Shaped the Fate of France’

I’ve reviewed several books in the past focused on inspiring and powerful women like Florence Finch, a Filipina-American who risked her life to help American prisoners of war in Manila during World War II, and Maryland’s Virginia Hall who was a spy during that same war for the British and the Americans. And then there…


Using Well the Power to Hurt: Sonnet 94 as a Reflection on Good Government

What does a poem have to do with governing a country, any country, our country? Shakespeare’s Sonnet 94, while often interpreted as referring to the power of art patrons over artists, has a lot to tell us about who is capable of governing well and what it means to govern well. Shakespeare’s Sonnet 94 They…