Books

Abortion enthusiast Jessica Valenti “has spent the last two decades” writing in favor of all things abortion, which now includes a book titled Abortion: Our Bodies, Their Lies, and the Truths We Use to Win. As this is…

What does totalitarianism look like? Ask leftist corporate media in this last month of the presidential election, and you’ll get one answer. “New fears that Trump threatens democracy,” reports CNN. “Trump Is a Threat to Democracy,” declares…

Move aside, Goodnight Moon. The newest children’s classics are hitting library shelves near you … and they’re kinky in all the colors of the rainbow. I walked into my local Chicago Public Library (CPL) branch, heading over to the holds…

Monday is the anniversary of the beginning of Hamas and Hezbollah’s reign of terror in Israel. We’ve heard countless horrific stories of the events of Oct. 7, while the Foundation for Defense of Democracies reports that, according to the…

Just because your middle schooler can’t vote doesn’t mean he’s not the target of election materials designed to make him sympathetic to Democrats. A book in the “Who HQ” series (published by Penguin Random House) titled “What Is A…

Henry Kissinger, in his fine book, Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy, captures the essence of the 1960s cultural and social revolution, not just in France, but in the western world generally: In May 1968, a student revolt that grew…

“A man’s what God made you to be, son. So be that, and while you’re at it, you might as well go ahead and be the best one you can be.” So embarks Jack Zulu on his latest quest to protect, defend and lead amidst warring worlds and against an…

The first thing you notice when picking up Knife: Meditations After an Attempted Murder, Salman Rushdie’s account of surviving an assassination attempt two years ago, is the photo. The iconic image of the legendary writer — eyebrows cocked…

Dark Lords don’t do campaign speeches. Nonetheless, season two of Amazon’s Tolkien adaptation, “The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power,” opened with Sauron trying to persuade a small band of surviving orcs into accepting him as the new…

If you were to watch “Moneyball” today, you might find it quaint. You may recall the premise: In a world before “data-driven decisions” was a cliché, a likable nerd played by Jonah Hill helps craft a baseball roster from a spreadsheet,…