The Following is a Summary of the August 2025 Summary of The St. Croix Review.
Barry MacDonald, in “Are Your Heroes Worthy Enough?” asserts the importance of a reliable source of positive energy. He writes that the truth has resonance while deceit feels slimy.
Timothy S. Goeglein, in “Why Americans Are Not Having Kids,” points to a shift in priorities and attitudes that shows a reluctance for self-sacrifice that imperials long-term American prosperity.
Derek Suszko, in “The Mission of The St. Croix Review,” reimagines “conservatism” into a program for the “restoration” of America.
Josiah Lippincott, in “Interview with Josiah Lippincott,” challenges a multitude of cherished principles, on the political left and right.
Mark Hendrickson, in “Ed Feulner, Jr. (1941-2025) RIP,” memorializes the founder and former president of the Heritage Foundation, an organization that shaped the conservative movement and the Reagan administration behind the scenes; in “Patriotism and Entitlement,” he believes that much of the disenchantment of Americans with America has to do with the nonstop negative narratives Americans absorb; in “What the U.S. Can Learn from Javier Milei,” he lauds Argentina’s president for his impressive success in prompting economic prosperity by slashing government, and he compares Milei to Warren Harding, an unjustly maligned U.S. president; in “Right Ways and Wrong Ways to Democratize Education,” he addresses the difficult balance that must be found between creating a system that offers genuine education to American children, while avoiding the pitfalls of the education bureaucracy and the national teachers’ unions. He makes a strong case for school choice.
Paul Kengor, in “Butler: The Riveting Untold Story of the Shooting of Donald Trump,” shares an eye-witness account of the near assassination of Donald Trump during the July 2024 campaign for the presidency.
Tyler Scott, in “The Food Writer Who Couldn’t Cook,” writes about childhood memories, family meals, favorite times, and favorite recipes.
Francis DeStefano, in “Dana Andrews MVP,” writes about an extraordinary actor during Hollywood’s Golden Age who did not receive the awards he deserved in the films “Laura” and “The Best Years of Our Lives”; in “Anna Magnani: The Rose Tattoo,” he praises the “volcanic” Italian actress who graced many American films. He describes the eventual acceptance and celebration of Italian immigrants by American culture that culminated in the 1950s.
Derek Suszko reviews William Carpenter’s epic poem of a Christian Hero set in 9th century in England — Eþandūn.
Jigs Gardner, in “Letters from a Conservative Farmer: Versed in Country Things — Casting Up Accounts,” concludes his account of two years of farming in Vermont with an examination of the supposed “Simple Life.”
Jigs Gardner, in “Writers for Conservatives: 16 — The Readable Henry James,” divides critics of Henry James into “Europhile and Europhobes,” and he considers the renowned author’s fine qualities and eccentricities.
