“Which path the United States ultimately takes will be determined by the Millennial Generation’s willingness to engage in a vast civic endeavor to remake America and its... Read More

Seasoned journalist Scott Martelle returns with an excellent analysis of perhaps the most important American political trial of the twentieth century, at least with regard to... Read More

Groundbreakers in the film industry often remain unfamiliar names to the average moviegoer. Attracted to popular actors and high-budget productions, fans of commercial cinema... Read More

Poor Freud. He gets a bad rap these days, ending up as the punchline to penis jokes. His theories have been absorbed into pop culture, losing their meanings in the process.... Read More

In mid-1995, baseball seemed to be finished as the nation’s pastime. A devastating strike ended the 1994 season in mid-August, and no one wanted anything to do with the... Read More

This is the book no parent wants to have any reason to read. But according to the FBI, nearly 1.4 million people under the age of eighteen are arrested each year for committing... Read More

“Dear Mother, I will not write about someone else’s family,” writes the author. Though terror and struggle recur in her life with frightening frequency, she will not prune... Read More

Reconciling science with religion is a longstanding, ongoing project in America. For most people today, electricity is still somewhat magical: they can neither produce it nor... Read More

Few people willingly think about death, but curious browsers who open this lively volume will be exceedingly well rewarded. Twelve scholars, including the editors, offer readers... Read More

It is ironic indeed that the inventor of the modern mystery story died under mysterious circumstances. Now, 150 years after his death, Walsh comes a-sleuthing. Did Edgar Allan... Read More