Mesopotamia Through the Millennia
In the years on either side of General Petraeus’s surge (2008) I spent many a month living in…
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What They Learned From the Last War
When the First World War broke out, Joseph Stalin was as far from the corridors of power as it was…
Delusion, Hypocrisy, and the Threat to Democracy
"Ungoverning" is a term invented by Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum, political…
Whack-a-Mole
With his third novel, David McCloskey has established himself as one of the leading spy novelists…
Wilsonian Vices
For most of the 20th century, Woodrow Wilson was a progressive icon. America’s 28th president was…
Blown Away
I gave up reading American literary fiction when its authors gave up writing it. The novel was born…
What’s All the Kerfuffle About?
When Noah Webster published An American Dictionary of the English Language in 1828, it was the…
The Captain of Yacht Rock
Michael McDonald serenades us. On the radio, sure, plus on the television and the silver screen.…
A Constitution, If You Can Keep It
What makes America exceptional—different from other nations—is that our nation's strength and…
The Pen Was Mightier
On August 12, 2022, a man tried to kill Salman Rushdie. As the author prepared to deliver a talk in…
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