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May 15, 2026In No Man’s Dog Jon Jackson weaves a curious juxtaposition between his long-time hero “Fang” Mulheisen,...
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Paddy Whacked: The Untold Story of the Irish American Gangster by T.J. English
May 15, 2026The genius of the Irish who emigrated to the United States in the 19th and early...
History
The Orientalist: Solving The Mystery of A Strange and Dangerous Life – by Tom Reiss
May 15, 2026Admirers of a haunting gem of a novel called, ALI & NINO, a work that seemed...
Fiction Reviews
The Nimrod Flipout – by Etgar Keret
May 14, 2026You know how sometimes you’ll be having dinner with a woman and then, as the sun...
Non-Fiction Reviews
My Father Il Duce: A Memoir by Mussolini’s Son – by Romano Mussolini
May 14, 2026Benito Mussolini had more than one mistress but only one wife, whom he legally married five...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream – by Barack Obama
May 14, 2026Senator Barack Obama, it seems, has far to go. As this is written, he is continuing...
Fiction Reviews
Night Swimming – by Robin Schwarz
May 14, 2026What would you do if you went to your doctor for a routine check up only...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Moscow 1941: A City and Its People at War – by Rodric Braithwaite
May 14, 2026The 19th century Russian poet Fyodor Tyutchev wrote mystically that “Russia is not to be understood...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Never Come To Peace Again: Pontiac’s Uprising and the Fate of the British Empire in North America – by David Dixon
May 13, 2026Dixon’s approach is both refreshing and accurate. He eschews the required kowtowing associated with ethnic minorities.
Non-Fiction Reviews
Marriage, A History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage
May 13, 2026Like the disappearance of the well-mannered and respectful adolescent, the imminent (or, for some commentators, already...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Morality of Everyday Life by Thomas Fleming
May 12, 2026Dr. Fleming argues that since the birth of classical liberalism in the seventeenth century, a century...
Fiction Reviews
Mission To America – by Walter Kirn
May 12, 2026Walter Kirn’s Mission to America has a confused, nearly schizophrenic, personality, which isn’t necessarily a negative.
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Lobotomist: A Maverick Medical Genius and His Tragic Quest to Rid the World of Mental Illness – by Jack El-Hai
May 12, 2026Walter Jackson Freeman was a man gifted with energy, optimism and an ice pick.
Biography
Meet You in Hell: Andrew Carnegie, Henry Clay Frick and the Bitter Partnership That Transformed America
May 12, 2026Since our society began its retreat into Social Darwinism tricked out in the guise of laissez-faire...
Fiction Reviews
Kornwolf by Tristan Egolf
May 12, 2026Kornwolf raises the question of whether or not one can endure one’s heritage. We all have...
Non-Fiction Reviews
Many Worlds in One: The Search for Other Universes – by Alex Vilenkin
May 11, 2026As childhood gave way to adulthood, I came to the realization that my greatest attraction to...
Non-Fiction Reviews
In Character: Actors Acting by Howard Schatz
May 11, 2026Imagine 32 famous actors looking you straight in the eye and flirting with you. (Marlee Matlin!...
Fiction Reviews
The Italian Secretary: A Further Adventure Of Sherlock Holmes by Caleb Carr
May 11, 2026Those writers whom the gods would destroy, they first tempt into trying to imitate another writer...
Non-Fiction Reviews
The Hundredth Meridian by Chilton Williamson
May 11, 2026Chilton Williamson definitely cares about the West. Every essay in his collection The Hundredth Meridian –...
Non-Fiction Reviews
James K. Polk by John Seigenthaler
May 10, 2026Author John Seigenthaler has written an interesting and informative biography of the eleventh president of the...
Fiction Reviews
No Man’s Dog: A Detective Sergeant Mulheisen Mystery – by Jon A. Jackson
May 15, 2026In No Man’s Dog Jon Jackson weaves a curious juxtaposition between his long-time hero “Fang” Mulheisen,...

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April 21, 2026But the gang becomes even more powerful behind bars, controlling the drug trade out on the...

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May 4, 2026So is House achieving emotional balance, just in time to lose his best (only) friend? Is...

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April 28, 2026And now to the issues fans will no doubt be debating for ages to come: Did...

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May 8, 2026That wasn’t as bad as I feared. Wilson’s alive (for now) and it looks like next...

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May 1, 2026Sometimes the worst thing about being a pessimist is how often you’re right. I would have...

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