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Divided. Polarized. Broken. Is the state of our politics at an all-time low? Is our grand experiment in republican government breaking apart? Our fears may overblown, yet they are hard to dismiss out of hand. The nation faced its greatest … Continued
Charles Lindbergh shocked the world by flying solo across the Atlantic in 1927. Not to be outdone, Amelia Earhart repeated the feat the very next year. In 1933, Wiley Post flew his Lockheed Vega around the world in a mere … Continued
They hung their compadre, Jake Spoon. I was shocked yet somehow satisfied. It made sense. Jake had never been a sympathetic character. He lacked virtue of any kind. He was a wayward soul. Then he broke the ultimate cowboy taboo–rustling … Continued
I just finished reading M. T. Anderson‘s Symphony for the City of the Dead, a book that feels like it was written specifically for me. I love the music of Dmitri Shostakovich and have wondered for many years how he … Continued
Jonathan Daniels may be the most important Civil Rights hero you’ve never heard about. Rich and Sandra Wallace aim to correct that injustice with their new book, Blood Brother. The subtitle says a lot: Jonathan Daniels and His Sacrifice for … Continued