Book Review: David Denby profiles 4 'eminent’ Jews who profoundly changed post-WWII American culture
When Lytton Strachey set out to write “Eminent Victorians” in 1918, he sought to enliven the stuffy Victorian conventions of ...
The New Right comes to define Trump and the Republican Party
The New Right movement and its ideas have risen in popularity among Republicans since Trump famously descended the Trump ...
Long Island library’s secret fascinating past could land it on National Register
The century-old Lynbrook Public Library on Long Island has been nominated for the National Register of Historic Places thanks ...
Edward Countryman, Student of the American Revolution, Dies at 80
He wrote influential books exploring the dramatic changes wrought by independence, bringing in overlooked perspectives — what he called “a collision of histories.” ...
Inside America’s little-known ‘hoax of the century’
Never in our history,” declared a TV anchor, “has there been such an avalanche of information, so little believed or believable.” This was no anguished lament over AI or social media. This was ...