Leonardo da Vinci

BY WALTER ISAACSON SIMON & SCHUSTER, 2017 624 PP.; $35.00 “Leonardo was a genius,” Walter Isaacson says near the end of Leonardo da Vinci. “Yet it is also true that he was a mere mortal.”... Read More
Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials

BY MALCOLM HARRIS LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY, 2017 272 PP.; $16.50 (HARDCOVER) $13.99 (KINDLE) Kids These Days: Human Capital and the Making of Millennials by Malcolm Harris is an unusual work of social criticism. Most... Read More
Secularism: Politics, Religion, and Freedom

BY ANDREW COPSON OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 2017 176 PP.; $18.95 In the not so distant past, say the 1960s or ’70s, a secular society seemed to be the obvious goal of all but the most... Read More
Women v. Religion: The Case against Faith—and for Freedom

EDITED BY KAREN L. GARST PITCHSTONE PUBLISHING, 2018 224 PP.; $16.95 With a bold title like Women v. Religion: The Case against Faith—and for Freedom, Karen L. Garst once again provides an opportunity for women... Read More
Book Review: 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos

BOOK BY JORDAN B. PETERSON RANDOM HOUSE CANADA, 2018 409 PP.; $25.95 Saying dumb things confidently is different than writing dumb things confidently, which is why it's a surprise Canadian clinical psychologist Jordan Peterson ("professor... Read More
How to Be a Stoic: Using Ancient Philosophy to Live a Modern Life

BOOK BY MASSIMO PIGLIUCCI BASIC BOOKS, 2017 262 PP.; $27.00 A glance at Amazon.com reveals no less than thirty-two books published in 2017 applying the ancient Greco-Roman philosophy of Stoicism to modern life. Fewer books... Read More
An Organized Panic

BOOK BY PATTY FRIEDMANN OLD STONE PRESS, 2017 230 PP.; $14.95 It’s a common coming-of-age story for a child to lose their religion as a rebellion against their parents’ strict religious beliefs. But what if... Read More