The following is a summary of the February/March issue of the St. Croix Review:

Barry MacDonald, in “Elon Musk Is a Liberator,” writes about how America and Western culture has been saved from the grip of Marxist totalitarians. A courageous and ingenious Elon Musk has brought a renewed liberty to America.

Paul Kengor, in “Hollywoke: The Motion Picture Academy of Bigotry,” writes about the intolerance of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in judgement of artistic merit. Kengor also reveals the pivotal influence he had on the production of the film “Reagan.”

Mark Hendrickson, in “A Postscript to ‘Reagan,’ the Movie,” reveals the 40th president’s appreciation of Austrian economics, the economists Ludwig von Mises and Hans F. Sennholz. Austrian economics provided President Reagan with his vital insights into the weaknesses of the Soviet Union; in “Interesting Questions Raised by the College Football and NFL Playoffs” for college football, he reviews the playoff championship and the new ability of athletes to be compensated for the use of their names and images. He also considers the blowout win of the Eagles over the Chiefs.

Allan Brownfeld, in “Jewish Patriots, the American Revolution, and Religious Freedom,” points out that Jewish people have always had a place at the table in America; in “Decline of Newspapers Threatens the Future of Representative Government,” he writes about the disappearance of local and city newspapers.

Timothy S. Goeglein, in “The Majestic Friendship of Bill Buckley,” writes about his introduction into a rarified world and an elite circle of friends.

Kryptos, in “‘Bad America’ Comes to Munich,” provides insight into Western “populists” outside America, whom one would assume would be receptive to the ethos of the Trump Administration, and how they actually tend to view the Trump Administration.

Josiah Lippincott, in “Selling Our Birthright: The Case Against ‘High-Skill’ Immigration,” makes the case against illegal and legal immigration.

Derek Suszko, in “The Political Dostoevsky,” presents the fine gradations of Dostoevsky’s intense Christian faith to demonstrate its profound relevance to our mostly secular institutions.

Francis Destefano, in “The Many Faces of Edward G. Robinson,” writes about Robinson’s versatility during the Golden Age of Hollywood; in “Early Musicals,” he reviews “Swing Time” and “Broadway Melody of 1940” musicals that star Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, and Eleanor Powell.

Jigs Gardner, in “Letters from a Conservative Farmer: Versed in Country Things — Complexities,” relates a sad, revealing episode about suffering.

Jigs Gardner, in “Writers for Conservatives: 15, Teddy Roosevelt (1858-1919),” laments the modern elitist’s disdain toward America’s history, and he reviews Teddy Roosevelt’s marvelous prose about the American frontier.