Paul A. Rahe brings Montesquieu back to life.

Kenneth Minogue shows how democracy can undermine liberty.

The question of authenticity has occupied some of the subtlest minds of the last century. Andrew Potter thinks the whole effort is a hoax.

Albert Camus and George Orwell had much in common, not least an early death and the elastic use of their literary legacies.

A new two-volume Marine Corps history of the Iraq War “surge” is revolutionary: It actually listens to what Iraqis have to say.

Marshall McLuhan once told us that “the medium is the message.” Now the medium is rewiring the human brain.

G.K. Chesterton didn’t fall for the lure of the “eugenists” in his day; nor should we in ours.

The amazing dumb luck of a Victorian romantic gone native.

Charles Hill’s Grand Strategy and Literature surprises and enthralls.

What made U.S. banks take such disastrous risks? Not what we’ve been led to think.