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Williamsburg on the Subway

Author: Oliver E. Allen

In the most self-consuming of cities, an impressive and little-known architectural legacy remains to show us how New Yorkers have lived and prospered since the days when the population stood at around 1000.

Not Right for the Part

Author: Malvin Wald

"Gosh, it would be fun to play a president of the United States," said Lieutenant Reagan.

Are We Really Going the Way of the British Empire?

Author: Fredric Smoler

Those who believe that America’s power is on the wane look to the example of Britain’s shockingly quick collapse. But the similarities may be less alarming than they seem.

Getting Right with Robert E. Lee

Author: Stephen W. Sears

How to know the unknowable man

Black and White and Red

Author: Jack El-hai

In 1932, the Communist International paid to send a cast of American blacks to Moscow to make a movie about American racial injustice. The scheme backfired.