The Constitution at the Movies
The United States Constitution in Film: Part of Our National Culture. Eric T. Kasper and Quentin D. Vieregge. Lanham, MD. Lexington Books, 2018. In his opinion…
Aristotle and Plato on Friendship
In The Form of Politics, John von Heyking directs his readers to the critical importance of friendship in the political thought of Aristotle and Plato. The title…
Recovering Lincoln’s Ancient Faith
Abraham Lincoln, Philosopher Statesman. Joseph R. Fornieri. Carbondale, IL: Southern Illinois University Press, 2014. When Abraham Lincoln died the Secretary of War, Edwin Stanton, is reported…
Niemeyer’s America
The Loss and Recovery of Truth. Gerhart Niemeyer with Michael Henry, ed. South Bend, IN: St. Augustine’s Press, 2013. Those who come to America’s shores, and…
Remembering that Forests are Made of Trees: The Constitutionalism of American States
The Constitutionalism of American States. George E. Connor and Christopher W. Hammons, eds. Columbia, MO: University of Missouri Press, 2008. With a Starbucks or Walmart on…