Kentucky Clay, Eleven Generations of a Southern Dynasty by Katherine Bateman
July 15, 2026“In the South, stories are the effervescence of conversation, and no stories are more gripping to...
Frederick Burr Opper’s Happy Hooligan
July 14, 2026Viewed in retrospect, post-Depression, however, he acquires a special poignancy. Here was a man who was...
Dear President-Elect Obama, We Need Trains, Too!
July 13, 2026President-elect Obama said in his radio address on Saturday, January 10, that “We’ll put nearly 400,000...
Stephen Baker Discusses The Numerati
July 12, 2026"The Internet, of course, is a huge source of data. Every click and keystroke can be...
Nothing to Be Frightened Of by Julian Barnes
July 12, 2026"For me, death is the one appalling fact which defines life; unless you are constantly aware...
Quarrel with the King by Adam Nicolson
July 12, 2026Nicolson concludes his reflections by noting that “the custom of the manor” believed “to an extent...
Black River Falls, Wisconsin, 1893: News Reports and Photos from Wisconsin Death Trip
July 12, 2026Tramps who were refused food at the home of John Ovenbeck in the town of Friendship,...
Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander in Chief by James M. McPherson
July 11, 2026Lincoln came to the Presidency without any real military experience. He had been an Illinois militia...
Confessions of an Eco-Sinner by Fred Pearce
July 11, 2026But Pearce knows more fundamental rethinking will be necessary to keep our species going. “The worst...




