Reading this book will improve your life—no kidding. Just spending 90 minutes with it at your local library can change how you see the world. […]
The Unlikely Defiance: How Constantinople’s Fall Wasn’t Inevitable
On May 29, 1453, the city of Constantinople disappeared. Anthony Kaldellis, a professor at the University of Chicago’s Department of Classics, writes this in 1453: […]
Israel’s Lobby” Book Riddled with Factual Errors, Review Finds
A recent critique has identified a cascade of inaccuracies in Eli Clifton and Ian Lustick’s publication “Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign […]
Holocaust Echoes in the Catskills: A Daughter’s Memoir of Survival and Loss
One remaining sign of life was also a call for death: A tattered demolition permit clung to a fence cordoning off the driveway to Grossinger’s, […]
May You Live in Interesting Times: Lafayette’s Unrelenting Struggle Through Revolution and Tragedy
You are probably familiar with the Chinese curse, “May you live in interesting times.” Such was the course of life for Marquis de Lafayette. Born […]
The Second Wave of Terror: How Al Qaeda’s Post-9/11 Plot Almost Shattered America
Over the course of eight years, from the bombing of the World Trade Center on February 26, 1993, through the destruction of that iconic American […]
U.N. Probe Ignores Glaring Hamas Ties in UNRWA Staff Investigation
The United Nations’ internal investigation into whether its staff at the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) participated in Hamas’s October 7 massacre was […]
The Mambo Revolution That Shook America’s Soul
A typically manic episode of the iconic 1950s TV show The Honeymooners sees Jackie Gleason’s embattled everyman Ralph Kramden storming home to discover his wife […]
The Unforgettable Whimsy of ‘Labyrinth’: A 1986 Masterpiece That Still Haunts Us
Jim Henson’s Labyrinth remains an unparalleled achievement in fantasy filmmaking—a surreal odyssey that fused puppetry with poetic storytelling to create a cultural landmark of the […]