All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the 1960s

All Falling Faiths: Reflections on the Promise and Failure of the 1960s * J. Harvie Wilkinson III * New York: Encounter Books, 2017 * xvi, 190 pp. * $23.99

J. Harvie Wilkinson III is one of America's most distinguished jurists. After more than thirty years on the federal bench, he has acquired a national reputation, not only for his judicial opinions but also for his musings on national issues. In his most recent book, he recalls the unhappy legacy of the 1960s and why it matters for our time.

The sixties began on an auspicious note. John F. Kennedy was in the White House, bringing an air of Camelot to the country. But the decade closed on a much darker note. Not only the president but also Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and Robert F. Kennedy had...