In April 1955, on the final weekend before he left office for the last time, Winston Churchill had the vast canvas of Peter Paul Rubens's... Read More

After being elected to the United States Senate in 2014, Nebraska's Ben Sasse chose to revive a long-dormant tradition: He waited a full year... Read More

Journalist Victor Sebestyen's Lenin: The Man, the Dictator, and the Master of Terror is a fast-paced, absorbing new biography of one of... Read More

Three years ago, on November 13, 2015, terrorists claiming allegiance to the Islamic State opened fire in coordinated attacks across Paris,... Read More

How did life begin? Two common answers come to mind. One is that, at some point, a deity decided to suspend the laws of physics and will a... Read More

Henry Clay (1777–1852), John Calhoun (1782–1850), and Daniel Webster (1782–1852) all wanted to be president. Clay, leader... Read More

Ian Kershaw described his last instalment in the Penguin History of Europe series (To Hell and Back, on 1914 to 1949) as “the hardest... Read More

Jim Jones, when he is remembered at all, is most often recalled in the popular mind by the phrase “drink the Kool-Aid.” Beyond... Read More

Until recently, journalist Charles Graeber explains in “The Breakthrough,” doctors treating cancer patients had three unsavory... Read More

A Review of The End of Animal Farming: How Scientists, Entrepreneurs, and Activists Are Building an Animal-Free Food System, by Jacy... Read More

In March 1981, I delivered a comedy routine cum keynote address at a convention of Yippies. I asked the audience a rhetorical question: "How... Read More

Since Donald Trump declared that he would be running for president, his rash temper, his populism, and his politicking have been compared to... Read More