For purely personal reasons, Sheri Berman's “Democracy and Dictatorship” is one of the few books that grabbed me with its opening paragraph:“In November 1989 the...
Harry Truman famously remarked that he wished he could find a one-armed economist since all the ones he had to deal with were constantly weasel-wording their advice with “on...
In a few days we will observe Memorial Day, mourning the loss — and celebrating the lives — of Americans in uniform from the Minute Men of Lexington and Concord to the...