Chris Cox’s biography of the 28th president reads like a long overdue reassessment of a man who doesn’t stand up well to contemporary scrutiny.
In endorsing Donald Trump, RFK, Jr., is following a long family tradition of opposing Democrats when their disgust with the party overwhelms their loyalty to it.
A new biography of Pete Rose is as addictive to read as it once was to watch him play.
A new history of the John Birch Society suffers from its author’s insistence on equating the movement with today’s conservatives.
A new book examines Willmoore Kendall’s checkered personal life and intellectual contributions to postwar American conservatism.
Joan Didion’s obituarists largely ignore her early journalism for National Review under the stewardship of Frank Meyer.
A gritty new novel dramatizes the human toll of America’s longest war.
The troubled man who murdered Harvey Milk and George Moscone killed them over a petty grievance, not anti-gay bigotry.
A sly and funny revisionist take on an icon of the American West
We’ve mostly remembered a symbol, not a man.
Mark Weinberg’s light reflection on Ronald Reagan’s movie-viewing habits
“Word of the Year” awards reflect the prejudices of their judges, not actual usage.
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