In October 2011, President Obama confirmed that the United States would withdraw its troop presence from Iraq at the end of the year. After an eight-year war fraught with controversy and instability, it’s unclear if Iraq will thrive as... Read More

Ronald Reagan is most often connected to Hollywood glamour and Washington politics. The fact that Reagan spent his formative years in the American heartland, living in a string of small towns in Illinois, has been almost entirely... Read More

Psalm 23 is undoubtedly one of the most beloved chapters in the Bible. Trying to find fresh insights into these six verses presents a challenging task for any author. But when the writer also attempts to cover Jesus’ two great... Read More

On the surface, Marjane Satrapi’s "The Sigh" is a simple fable, a momentary escape from reality into a world fueled by a child-like acceptance of both the mundane and fantastic. However, as with all the gifted cartoonist’s previous... Read More

“History is written by the victors, but to ignore the contributions made by losing presidential candidates is to warp our understanding of American history,” says the author in this enlightening and appealing narrative about... Read More

In his poem “A Psychiatrist’s Double Life,” Richard M. Berlin takes readers to the heart of his collection: “I became a doctor-poet / and my colleagues shunned me twice, / once out of fear I could read / their minds, and again... Read More

The seventies has recently been the subject of several good books, including this one, that show that the decade was much more complex than the failed presidencies of Nixon, Ford, and Carter and pulsating disco beats. This work covers... Read More

Niki Jabbour blames it on the arugula. A chance encounter with cold-resistent arugula sparked her love affair with all-weather gardening and led to her discovery of a multitude of vegetables that not only tolerate cold weather but... Read More