Book RecommendationEpoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Jan. 3–9SavePrintMark Lardas,Jeff Minick,Barbara Danza,Dustin Bass1/2/2025|Updated: 1/2/20250:00X 1This week, we feature a persuasive retrospective on liberalism’s roots in virtue and a relatable satire on ballooning bureaucratic waste.Nonfiction‘The Roots of Liberalism: What Faithful Knights and the Little Match Girl Taught Us About Civic Virtue’We had a problem loading this article. Please enable javascript or use a different browser. If the issue persists, please visit our help center.Share this articleLeave a commentMark LardasAuthorJeff MinickAuthorBarbara DanzawriterDustin BassAuthorMark Lardas, an engineer, freelance writer, historian, and model-maker, lives in League City, Texas. His website is MarkLardas.comAuthor’s Selected Articles‘The Perfect Tuba’: Those Low Notes in a Musical EnsembleOct 10, 2025Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Oct. 10–16Oct 09, 2025Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Oct. 3–9Oct 02, 2025Epoch Booklist: Recommended Reading for Sept. 26–Oct. 2Sep 25, 2025