The question of whether fascism threatens American democracy became a liberal preoccupation from the moment Donald Trump announced his run for the White House.
No issue better exemplifies our political dysfunction than immigration.
Richard Snow, a former editor-in-chief of American Heritage magazine and a consultant on historical motion pictures, has written a fascinating book about a mutiny aboard a U.S. Navy ship in 1842.
"Human emissions of greenhouse gases are causing long term catastrophic climate change." This is the kind of "settled science" narrative that is countered by "Climate and Energy: The Case for Rea...
"It is a world in which there is one master, one sovereign. And at the end of the day, this is pernicious not only for all those within this system, but also for the sovereign itself because it d...
Podcast host Pete A. Turner observed, "If Dave Pietrusza has written it, it's going to be fun." And fun Gangsterland is.
Two of the biggest issues impacting public health and welfare involve COVID-19 and climate change decisions.
Robert Hardman's "The Making of a King" looks at a world most readers will never directly experience.
A minor blunder in Bill Clinton's first year in the White House seemed to portend the false hope of a free trade regime that now defines working-class discontent with global capitalism.
In a world seemingly in chaos dealing with wars abroad and unstable domestic politics, it is heartening to see that author Craig Shirley has produced yet another important study of Ronald Reagan.
I could write a book review here, but I don't feel like it. I feel more like writing a story of a friendship in commemoration of a great memoir. So begrudge me.
A need for enhanced environmental communication has been building over the past few decades. The need became quite apparent with the advent of angst over climate change and COVID-19.
Adan Canto, the Mexican singer and actor best known for his roles in "X-Men: Days of Future Past" and "Agent Game" as well as the TV series "The Cleaning Lady," has died. He was 42.
I thought Matt Birkbeck's book about mobsters William "Big Billy" D'Elia and Russell Bufalino was interesting, especially the sections on South Philadelphia, where I grew up.
This Holiday season, one might want to buy the crime aficionado on your shopping list one or more of this year's fine true crime or crime fiction books.
Does war work? This question lingers in the pages of Andrew Roberts' study of the roles that strategic leadership, exemplary tactics and technological prowess played in determining the outcome of...
Patrice Lumumba was an inspirational hero to millions of his countrymen.
Americans have a right to know if their tax dollars were indirectly used to create the COVID-19 pandemic.
Igor Gouzenko, Oleg Penkovsky and Oleg Gordievsky are not names that immediately come to mind when thinking about the people who influenced the outcome of the Cold War.
As I noted in part one of my coverage of Paul Moses' "The Italian Squad: The True Story of the Immigrant Cops Who Fought the Rise of the Mafia," I'm half Italian, and I grew up in South Philadelp...