Winston Churchill’s first volume of his history of World War I, The World Crisis, was published 100 years ago this…
A handful of goose feathers (the first five flight feathers work best), a really sharp pen knife (they’re called “pen”…
On May 27, God willing, Henry Kissinger will celebrate his 100th birthday. He has known power, riches, and tragedy during…
“[T]he soldier above all other people prays for peace,” said Gen. Douglas MacArthur, “for he must suffer and bear the…
Before yesterday, a king was last crowned in Great Britain in May, 1938. It was not a good time for…
It happened on the twenty-ninth day of the month of Sivan, in the year 5701, and it happened in the…
Eighty miles west of Austin, Texas begins. Twisting country roads lined with exploding colors of bluebonnets and Indian paintbrush wildflowers,…
Unlikely Heroes: Franklin Roosevelt, His Four Lieutenants, and the World They Made By Derek Leebaert St. Martin’s Press/476 pages/$35 Derek…
A heroine died the other day. Traute Lafrenz, a member of the White Rose resistance to Germany’s Nazis, passed away…
