The Neoconservative Persuasion, Selected Essays, 1942–2009 By Irving Kristol; edited by Gertrude Himmelfarb Basic Books, 2011; 390 pages, $29.95 There aren’t very many neoconservatives anymore. It’s a label that serves no purpose except to identify evil-doing and evil-thinking. So now’s the time to assess the achievements and the failures of what we must say, at […]

We Still Hold These Truths: Rediscovering Our Principles, Reclaiming Our Future Matthew Spalding ISI Books, 2009; 267 pages, $26.95 This wonderfully lucid, judiciously penetrating, and most edifying book grew out of lectures that Matthew Spalding, a contributor to this journal, has delivered to politically minded young conservatives over the years. It is the best available […]