New Review in The American Spectator

The American Spectator has some nice coverage of New Threats to Freedom in their current issue. Here's an excerpt:

"Many of the 30 contributors to [Adam Bellow's] collection of brief essays grapple head-on with various American freedoms and how fragile they are. The arguments deal with new ways of understanding freedom and the counter-forces at work to undermine them, more often from within than from outside.

Several of the writers produced outstanding miniatures, averaging 4,000 words in length, that look at emerging threats or enduring challenges. Bellow consciously steered them clear of what he calls the "drumbeat of current events" but allowed considerable latitude in the choice of theme and style of writing. Thus some come off as quirky -- overtly personal or admittedly 'idiosyncratic' -- while others strike a more journalistic or academic tone. Readers will flip through these pages to find palatable styles and subjects.

The real purpose of the collection, says Bellow in his introduction, is to revive freedom as a subject of public discourse and to foster an attitude of resistance to threats -- hidden or open. His slightly alarmist title, New Threats to Freedom, is well supported by several of these essays."

The whole review can be viewed here. It really offers a nice overview of the project.