I wasn’t able to post thoughts on the books I read in 2011 by the end of the year so I am doing it this week. I noted the general statistics yesterday and today want to tackle my favorite reads. Like last year, I am going to break in out …
Terry Teachout finds the most recent William F. Buckley bio (Buckley: William F. Buckley Jr. and the Rise of American Conservatism) disappointing: Sure enough, Buckley is as fair-minded a study of its subject’s career as you could possibly expect from a contributor to The Nation and Tikkun. It deals bluntly but honestly with such difficult topics …
Brookhiser writes popular history as it should be: learned and insightful but not exhausting; with sharp writing not afraid to offer an opinion but not polemical for the sake of scoring points; with prose that is clear and a joy to read.
Richard Brookhiser discusses his new biography of James Madison, Madison’s battle with Hamilton, his break with Washington, and the last years of his life.
I thought it would be appropriate to look back over the books I read in 2009 and pick out a few of …
I liked this quote from Richard Brookhiser on the book reviewer’s temptation to stray from the subject: It is a temptation that …
I thought it might be interesting to dig into the archives and pull out some 4th of July themed books. So here …
I am the type who really works at finishing the books I start. Ever since I first started at a young age …
I have not posted in a while. A variety of things contributed to that which I will not bore you with. On …
Richard Brookhiser I and have a lot in common. We both started reading National Review in high school; we both idolized William …