The Major
I lost a dear friend recently. He didn’t do funerals, so there is this. He was a United States Air Force pilot who once harbored dreams of becoming a general. Twenty-two years gave him enough time to meet a...
Dem Bums
Although published in 1997, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin’s Wait Till Next Year resonates during this long, hot, isolative summer. It is at heart a book about a young girl, her neighborhood, and the cultural force of baseball. A coming-of-age...
Ida T.
Trailblazing journalist Ida Tarbell was one of a small group of citizen reporters at McClure’s monthly magazine who helped forge the role of the free press in the twentieth century. Citizen Reporters: S.S. McClure, Ida Tarbell, and the Magazine...
Don’t Call Me Henry
A quick glance at the New York Times Best Sellers lists of Summer 2020 suggests that something is stirring in America—So You Want to Talk about Race, White Fragility, Me and White Supremacy. Of course, Red and Blue America...
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