The lines between autobiography and fiction are often permeable. Often a fiction writer's early work is grounded in the writer's own...

As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand. Josh Billings I am reflecting on a statement I recall from the Re...

For so long as opinions are counted, not weighed, the better part had often to be overcome by the greater. John Calvin, Institutes of the ...

Want to understand how American politics became so dysfunctional that people who disagree can no longer communicate with one another? This t...

President Nixon's Press Secretary, Ron Ziegler, may have been the politician most notable for deploying what has become a cli chéd under...

Paul Rosenberg offers an assessment of President Reagan's legacy far more realistic than the one driving Tea Partiers and even President...

When I am reading, I frequently go back and reread a passage. Most often I have missed something due to inattention or interruption, as when...

When I began reading A Patriot’s History of the United States eight months ago, perusing the footnotes quickly carried me astray. I’ve...

Paul Johnson’s majestic A History of the American People (1997) purports to address three fundamental questions. These questions concern e...