Brian Robertson

Latest by Brian Robertson in Chronicles

• Reviews

  November 1998

  Experiencing Civilization

  In the home, away from the scientific model that permeates our Deweyized, politically correct classrooms, young children can experience the thrill and wonder of discovering our common cultural heritage in the company and under the direction of the persons best situated to devote themselves wholeheartedly to their development.

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• Reviews

  July 1993

  Speech for Speech's Sake Free

  One of the unfortunate after-effects of the so-called "Red Scare" of the early 50's was the triumph of the "no limits" interpretation of the First Amendment, which has poisoned American political thought ever since.

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• Reviews

  January 1993

  Reinventing America

  No public figure in American history is more inscrutable than Abraham Lincoln. While this is in some measure due to his extraordinary deftness as a politician, it is primarily the result of his astounding success in refounding the Republic in his own image.

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• Reviews

  October 1991

  Encyclopedia Britannica

  Paul Johnson has done it again: he has written a book so huge in scope that it fairly begs to be challenged by academics as a cursory treatment of history.

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• Reviews

  April 1991

  Progressive Pilgrims

  "It is risky to write about an ongoing series of events, in this case the Catholic church's history in the second half of the twentieth century," writes Thomas Molnar in the introduction to The Church, Pilgrim of Centuries.

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