Subject: Politics
A giant in stature and influence, the late Henry Hyde’s defense of freedom, justice, and the sanctity of innocent human life left a powerful legacy on Capitol Hill and around the world. Catch the Burning Flag: Speeches and Random Observations is a handsome hardcover collection that captures the most important thoughts and deepest reflections by the great conservative, renowned for decades as the House of Representative’s most persuasive orator.
[ Read more ]As the author says in his preface, Here, There & Everywhere is a “grab bag of a book,” containing almost 100 pieces on a multiplicity of subjects. Paul Johnson calls Jay Nordingler “one of the most versatile and pungent writers in America. And Mark Steyn says that this collection is “a virtuoso display.”
[ Read more ]Triumph magazine was published during the most critical period of American history since the Civil War: 1966–76. The Best of Triumph will be a source of inspiration and practical guidance for all those interested in the transformative power of Christianity in political life.
[ Read more ]Mustard Seeds is the journal of a remarkable spiritual odyssey, the origin and destination points of which are identified in the volume’s subtitle.
[ Read more ]Larry P. Arnn, the President of Hillsdale College, traces the history of education from the founding of the U.S. Office of Education (based on the Prussian system) in 1869 to the Higher Education Act of 1965 and its subsequent reauthorizations, to contemporary legislation.
[ Read more ]Government Is the Problem is the story of a broken welfare system that needed to be fixed, of a great leader named Ronald Reagan who said that it could be fixed, of doubters who said that it could not be fixed, and of the man—Robert B. Carleson—who fixed it. Carleson pioneered the true reform that reversed a growing dependence on the welfare state and moved America away from the ruinous path of income redistribution.
[ Read more ]This volume includes thirty speeches from the first three decades of Imprimis, the national speech digest of Hillsdale College. Authors include Russell Kirk, Ronald Reagan, George Gilder, Malcolm Muggeridge, Michael Novak, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and Margaret Thatcher, among others.
[ Read more ]The Long War Ahead and the Short War Upon Us analyzes the multiple wars against terrorist groups that ensued after September 11, 2001, and their roots.
[ Read more ]While conservatives are presumed to be critical of Darwin’s theory, many on the right have mounted a vigorous defense of Darwinism. Darwin’s Conservatives explains that their attempts to reconcile conservatism and Darwinian biology misunderstand both.
[ Read more ]Traipsing into Evolution critiques federal judge John E. Jones’s decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case, the first trial to address the constitutionality of teaching intelligent design in public schools.
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