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BOOK PICK: Anthony Esolen powerfully defends masculinity, femininity, virtue and the family.

By John Clark, EWTN News, February 5, 2023

NO APOLOGIES: WHY CIVILIZATION DEPENDS ON THE STRENGTH OF MEN

Anthony Esolen, Regnery, 2022, 204 pages, $30, To order: ewtnrc.com

John Clark John Clark is an online-homeschool course developer for Seton Home Study School, a speechwriter, and the author of two books, Who’s Got You? and How to Be a Superman Dad in a Kryptonite World, Even When You Can’t Afford A Decent Cape. …

A generation of boys in America are being taught that masculinity is something to be embarrassed and ashamed about. Masculinity is “toxic,” they are told. Professor Anthony Esolen, one of the most proficient Catholic social commentators in America, has written a book to counter that nonsensical narrative. It is titled: No Apologies: Why Civilization Depends on the Strength of Men.

If you are unfamiliar with his writing, you should know that to read Esolen is to audit a course on the Western canon. In No Apologies, Esolen appeals to Homer, Cicero, Dante, Milton, Shakespeare and Dickens to illustrate his points. For instance, Esolen appeals to The Tempest for an insight into the necessity of hierarchy in society: …

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