It's time for an American renaissance

Rep. Thaddeus McCotter, R-Mich., is the latest candidate to enter the crowded contest for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination. He’s also an author, and a thoughtful one at that. Though he is a font of policy proposals, the Michigan congressman dives deeper and diagnoses the intellectual illnesses weakening America and the West.

In “Seize Freedom!: American Truths and Renewal in a Chaotic Age” (Wilmington: ISI Books, 2011), McCotter offers remedies ranging from regulatory and tax reform, energy and education, to international trade and organization.