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A Life in the Loser’s Dressing Room

Author: Nathan Ward

A talk with the superb journalist and sports reporter who was the co-author of MASH and wrote Ernest Hemingway’s favorite fight novel

The Ten Best Civil War Films

Author: Bruce Chadwick

From "The General" to "Gettysburg," spanning 66 years, these movies have done the best to capture America's worst war.

There We Go Again

Author: Terry Golway

In their surprisingly short history, presidential debates have never lived up to our expectations. Yet they’ve always proved invaluable.

Reagan's Place in History

Author: Richard Brookhiser

Six aspects of the man - three personal and three political - hint at how posterity will view him.

Brian Wilson’s Wave

Author: Peter Ames Carlin

For the brilliant songwriter behind the Beach Boys, the endless summer gave way to a very hard winter. Now, he is back, with a work that wants to be no less than a musical history of the American dream.

“What is Hell to One Like Me...?”

Author: Richard Lawrence Miller

Lincoln's depression as reflected in his poetry