Jeffrey O. Nelson

"How small, of all that human hearts endure/That part which laws or kings can cause or cure." --Samuel Johnson

It’s not every day you get to cite Russell Kirk while reporting on Congress. On one hand, Americans fought for independence from Great Britain 250 years ago. On the other, many American political institutions have their roots in England @thedispatch thedispatch.com/article/king-c…

Smithian Wisdom on Demand @mungowitz on "Just Sentiments: 22 More Smithian Essays" Edited by Daniel B. Klein and @erikwmatson CL Press/Fraser Institute

A Heroic Little Sparrow Shines Brightly in the Dark World of Children’s Literature Auguste Meyrat on "The Incredible Adventure of Passer the Sparrow" by @paul_jkrause @resourcepubs

The British Empire on Trial Daniel J. Fischer on "Colonialism: A Moral Reckoning" by Nigel Biggar. @WmCollinsBooks

@NadyaWilliams81 kirkcenter.org/reviews/a-forg…

These are only a few of the many gems of scientific research that is contained and intelligibly explained inside of this masterpiece of demonstration for the existence of God. From the study of the universe to the study of the human cell and the irrational claims of materialism, this book can fortify one’s belief in God and show how that belief is, by far, the most rational one. - Thomas Griffin on "God, The Science, The Evidence"

A Problem Deeper than Groupthink R. McKay Stangler on "Seeking Truth and Speaking Truth: Law and Morality in Our Cultural Moment" by @McCormickProf @EncounterBooks

Brilliant!

Teaching the Virtues - Constitutional Discourse—A reviewer that fully grasps what Teaching the Virtues (MecostaHouse.KirkCenter.org) is all about. constitutionaldiscourse.com/teaching-the-v…

Indeed!

The Urbanity of Russell Kirk--@JamesPanero at the Fourth Annual Gerald Russello Memorial Lecture on December 8, 2025, in New York City.

.@nmosvick closes out the year with an essay on WFB and Lee Edwards: The Titan of Conservatism and His Titan of a Biographer "William F. Buckley Jr.: The Maker of a Movement," By Lee Edwards. @ISI Books @NRO

For your conservative stocking, three new Nisbet reviews of a recovered classic🎄

A Sociology of the Permanent Things: Nisbet’s Tocquevillian Philosophy Michael Lucchese on THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHERS by Robert Nisbet. Foreword by @lsheahan @AmPhilSociety Press.

Conservative Pluralism versus the Mania for Unity Daniel Mahoney on THE SOCIAL PHILOSOPHERS by Robert Nisbet. Foreword by @lsheahan. @AmPhilSociety Press.

Reality Check for Politics --- @FilocomoFrank on "Political Breakdown: Why Politics Have Failed" by Lawrence M. Mead. Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Revisiting Walter Lippmann “Chuck” Chalberg on "Walter Lippmann: An Intellectual Biography" by Tom Arnold-Forster. @PrincetonUPress

Man’s Exposed Condition in a World of Severe Conflict Daniel Sundahl on "Poet in the New World: Poems, 1946-1953" by Czeslaw Milosz. @eccobooks

History on Improper Principles "Conservative at the Core: A New History of American Conservatism" by Allan J. Lichtman. Reviewed by Michael Lucchese.

In honor of longtime @ubookman editor Gerald J. Russello, enjoy this Russello Classic, "Christopher Dawson and Pluralism."