Henry David Thoreau went in for society, but on his own terms.
By Danny Heitman
Barbara Tuchman saw history as a grand tragedy
By Meredith Hindley
As Germany occupied France, Green brought Paris to life in his superlative diaries.
By Francis-Noël Thomas
The battle for Nietzsche's legacy began when Count Hary Kessler met Elisabeth Forster-Nietzsche.
Theology became flesh and blood in the sacred street theater of medieval England.
By James Williford
Gilgamesh was a brutal tyrant who foolishly tried to defeat death.
By Philip Freeman
The journalist who pioneered serious film criticism showed a cinematic touch in all of his writing.
Some of the people he has influenced don't even realize it.
By Leo Damrosch
An Appreciation by Mark Bittman
By Mark Bittman
Over their staffs' objections, Roosevelt and Churchill set in motion the invasion of North Africa.
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Supremely Contentious
The Transformation of “Advice and Consent”
Who Was Westbrook Pegler?
The original right-wing takedown artist
By David Witwer
The Strange Politics of Gertrude Stein
Was the den mother of modernism a fascist?
By Barbara Will
Friends of Rousseau
The Other Jefferson Davis
The U.S. Capitol, as we know it today, would never have existed without Jefferson Davis.
By Guy Gugliotta
