A Toast to Tristan Egolf
December 14, 2025He would furiously lead anti-war marches weekly on our courthouse steps. He improvised chants and picket...
Horace Greeley: Champion of American Freedom byRobert C. Williams
December 14, 2025Horace Greeley is a familiar name, but how much do today’s Americans know about him? Most...
The Great Risk Shift – by Jacob S. Hacker
December 13, 2025After winning reelection in 2004, President George W. Bush made restructuring Social Security his top domestic...
Book Review: Myths from Mesopotamia by Stephanie Dalley
December 12, 2025I asked them why they, unannounced, wished to meet with the director and they told me...
Reflections on the Dawn of Consciousness
December 12, 2025Jaynes, a psychologist who taught at Princeton up until his death in 1997, showed how ancient...
Dissonance: The Turbulent Days Between Fort Sumter and Bull Run: by David Detzer
December 12, 2025David Detzer’s new book "Dissonance" completes his trilogy about those fateful weeks and months of 1861,...
Eagle Dreams – Searching for Legends in Wild Mongolia – by Steve Bodio
December 12, 2025The image of a fierce Mongol horseman riding the harsh plains of his native land with...
Democracy and Populism : Fear and Hatred by John Lukacs
December 10, 2025You may not like what he says, you may not agree with his conclusions, but his...
Devil In The Details – by Jennifer Traig
December 10, 2025All parents of adolescents despair of them, particularly those with teenage daughters. Endless hours on the...
Denial of Death by Ernest Becker
December 10, 2025According to Becker, man is torn between his symbolic, self-conscious awareness and his animal nature. The...




