Book Review: Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark by Brian Kellow
May 24, 2024So if she wasn’t pleasant, what was Pauline Kael? She was earthy; she was tough; she...
Book Review: Virginia Woolf by Alexandra Harris
May 16, 2024Woolf spent much of her life trying to free herself from the grasp of the past,...
Book Review: From Splendor to Revolution: The Romanov Women, 1847-1928 by Julie P. Gelardi
April 4, 2024Following this betrayal, the Romanov dynasty was swept off the stage of history. Many of the...
A Watchful Eye On… Winston Churchill
March 31, 2024Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill, known best as the wartime Prime Minister, held in his distinguished...
The Weekly Listicle: Ballad Of The Soldier
March 21, 2024This weekend, Peter Weir graces us with The Way Back, a tale of daring escape by...
Tom Russell: American Primitive Man
March 15, 2024Every Tom Russell song has something to say about the human heart. In each voice he...
Book Review: How to Live: Or A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at an Answer by Sarah Bakewell
March 9, 2024Born nearly five hundred years ago, Montaigne was one of the last great thinkers of the...
Book Review: All By My Selves: Walter, Peanut, Achmed, and Me by Jeff Dunham
March 9, 2024Jeff Dunham’s YouTube videos have been seen over 400 million times, his comedy DVDs have sold...
Book Review: Washington: A Life by Ron Chernow
March 5, 2024Nevertheless, it is a considerable shock to read indictments of Washington in the letters of Patriot...
Book Review: Chords of Strength by David Archuleta
February 18, 2024It's no surprise that David has musical talent in his DNA. His father is a jazz...