Edmund Morris has met great expectations with Colonel Roosevelt, the third and final volume of his biography of the Rough Rider. …
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John Wooden Legacy | A Masterpiece of Service
Coach John Wooden famously urged everyone to "make every day a masterpiece." Perhaps his most enduring legacy will be his example, his own life as a 'masterpiece of service.' Coach Wooden has a …
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John Arnold | Why History Matters
Visiting the past is something like visiting a foreign country: they do some things the same and some things differently, but above all else they make us more aware of what we call 'home.' John …
Douglas Brinkley | Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt
Douglas Brinkley's new book, The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America, is outstanding. …
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Enforcement and Regulation
Enforcement...or Regulation? This question is important--though rarely heard posed in public discussion today. …
Nicholson Baker | Human Smoke
Novelist Nicholson Baker has written an important and provocative new book, Human Smoke: The Beginnings of World War II, The End of Civilization. (also see the fine interview with Baker at the Amazon …