The following is an adapted excerpt from the new paperback edition of The Half Has Never Been Told by Edward Baptist (Basic Books, 2016):  A beautiful…

Heather Ann Thompson’s book “Blood in the Water: The Attica Prison Uprising of 1971 and Its Legacy” is a detailed study of the inner workings…

Despite America’s myriad problems domestically and internationally, its geo-strategic position remains the envy of the world. Protected in the east by the Atlantic, in the…

It’s coming, we don’t know when it will fully emerge, but it’s on the way. When this rampant societal violence, and especially these tragic mass…

On July 4, politicians declare their love for the American Revolution and democracy, while doing their best to oppose both at home and abroad. The…

The concept of “utopia” has essentially disappeared from the American political vocabulary.  Amidst all the 2016 electoral clamor and Donald Trump’s call to “Make America…

“I would warn Orlando that you’re right in the way of some serious hurricanes, and I don’t think I’d be waving those (rainbow) flags in…

“The evil that men do lives after them.” — William Shakespeare (1564-1616), ‘Julius Caesar’ “The Constitution supposes, what the History of all Governments demonstrates, that…

Returning to the United States in an election year, I am struck by the silence. I have covered four presidential campaigns, starting with 1968; I…

Let’s face it: in times of war, the Constitution tends to take a beating. With the safety or survival of the nation said to be…

Donald Trump’s campaign events have apparently become such a minefield for reporters that one major news organization has taken the extraordinary step of offering its…

Bryon Linnehan spent more than two years chasing bad guys around Iraq as a U.S. military-intelligence officer. Since May, he’s been using skills he honed…