The Black Conservative Lion in Winter
Those familiar with Sowell’s major works will find little here that has not been argued in his other books. For his fans, this consistency gives his arguments greater validity and provides greater comfort.
By Gerald Early
An Origin Story of the Black Elite
What we have in Black Fortune is not just a proto-black version of the Rich and the Famous, although it is on some level precisely that, but also another kind of origin story of the black elite or of a black economic elite or leisure class and how it saw its racial duties, this last being a major obsession with successful blacks.
Mothers’ Day
There was a time when I had dreams, infrequently but strikingly, that my mother had died. These occurred some years ago when I did not talk to her very regularly or see her often.
Tales of Fortress America
Corrigan’s book is well-conceived and well-executed, written with a polemical chip on its shoulder, to be sure, but with an earnest intelligence that makes it a compelling and at times even absorbing read, revealing a striking self-awareness of the stakes and the drama of the psy-war that prison custodians and their prisoners engage in.
How Newt Gingrich Blew Up America
Craig Shirley makes a solid case for the importance of Gingrich in revamping both the Republican Party and American conservatism.
What Price Peace in Our Time?
Though clearly in favor of the 2015 agreement that limited Iran’s ability to develop a nuclear weapons capability in return for lifting sanctions, the strength of Parsi's account is in its ability to speak to many of the players.
Some Interesting Tales About Animals in the Human World
An incomplete listicle of how we think about animals.
With God on Our Side
A book like this intensifies a sense of black community for its readers by being racial, yet universal. It is almost a totem.
“Wise Unto Salvation”: The Fugitive Slave’s Leap of Faith
Never Caught is a fascinating, absorbing account of slavery and freedom in the early days of our nation and is especially accessible for the non-specialist, non-academic reader.
How to Draw Comics and Influence People
Last Girl Standing, the autobiography of cartoonist and comic book historian Trina Robbins, tells the story of a New York Jewish girl “who didn’t grow up in a dysfunctional family.”
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Jonathan Eig has compiled the most interesting and informative details from the best of the Muhammad Ali biographers, boxing historians, and Ali’s friends and family to give readers a comprehensive look at a complex life both blessed and cursed by the sports world’s toughest profession.
Colin Kaepernick, Kneeling, and the Meaning of Gratitude
In some ways, the current wave of African-American football players kneeling during the national anthem replicates the Bebop revolution that changed the public persona of the black male jazz musician. Now it is black players demanding that audiences recognize that their attitude is not the same as their white peers.