Year: 2004

Just for the record, I am not a fan of Tom Wolfe. I know he is purported to be the novelist for right wing types, but he just isn’t my cup of tea. I once ...

Just for the record, I am not a fan of Tom Wolfe. I know he is purported to be the novelist for right wing types, but he just isn’t my cup of tea. I once ...

Before I get to my review of Hard Case’s debut originals, I wanted to mention the National Book Awards in advance of the dinner tonight. I’ll take a...

Sometimes I feel a little silly linking to something that I know everybody and their cousin will be linking to but then I figure what the heck, it can’t h...

Close readers of this site know that Russell Kirk is one of my intellectual mentors. Despite having lived in the same state (Michigan) for many years I never ha...

There are two souls within me as Goethe once pointed out; this is true not only of people, but of entire communities. Publishing is no exception. The National B...