James K. Polk by John Seigenthaler
May 10, 2026Author John Seigenthaler has written an interesting and informative biography of the eleventh president of the...
How Israel Lost: The Four Questions
May 10, 2026There’s an old saying among the Jews that goes something along the lines of: we don’t...
Horsemen of the Esophagus: Competitive Eating and the Big Fat American Dream
May 10, 2026But rather than trace the rise of the institution of eating, Fagone focuses on the eaters...
Henry Adams and the Making of America by Garry Wills
May 10, 2026In Adams, Wills has chosen a slippery, famously evasive subject. Henry Adams (1838-1918) was an eccentric,...
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Hamilton, Adams, Jefferson: The Politics of Enlightenment and the American Founding
May 10, 2026Study of the American founding fathers has become a hothouse industry. The capacity of the American...
Chuck Hagel: Moving Forward – by Charlyne Berens
May 9, 2026Some less than exhaustive research suggests that this book is a first: a campaign biography published...
The Essential Grizzly – The Mingled Fates of Men and Bears – by Doug Peacock and Andrea Peacock
May 9, 2026The style of this book is intriguing. Doug has written several short stories, called Portraits, based...
Hannah Coulter – by Wendell Berry
May 8, 2026There was a time, not many decades ago, that most of America’s population labored on family...
The Dawn of Egyptian Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
May 8, 2026The statue is nicknamed “The Lady of Brussels” because its home museum is in Belgium. It...
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House Recap: ‘The C-Word’ (Season 8, Episode 19)
May 8, 2026That wasn’t as bad as I feared. Wilson’s alive (for now) and it looks like next...
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