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Featured Articles

The Power Of Patents

Author: Oliver E. Allen

For two hundred years the United States patent system has defined what is an invention and protected, enriched, and befuddled inventors. As a tool of corporate growth in a global economy, it is now more important than ever.

The Country Club

Author: John Steele Gordon

For a century now it has been a haven to some, an outrage to others—and it is one of the very few social institutions that have survived their founders’ world

“The Great Arrogance of the Present Is to Forget the Intelligence of the Past”

Author: Bernard A. Weisberger

The maker of a fine new documentary on the Civil War tells how the medium of film can evoke the emotional reality of history

Why Benedict Arnold Did It

Author: Willard Sterne Randall

To the end of his life America’s most infamous traitor believed he was the hero of the Revolution