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'Mansfield and Dirksen' Review: Why Can't We All Get Along?

Two senators with different party affiliations and contrasting personalities felt mutual affection and even tried to work in a bipartisan spirit.

Wall Street Journal

January 2, 2024

'The Dillon Era' Review: Serving Eisenhower, Kennedy and America

C.Douglas Dillon was a low-key presence in multiple presidential administrations, but a high achiever.  

Wall Street Journal

October 6, 2023

Fidelity, Bravery, and Integrity: Is there anything new to be learned about J. Edgar Hoover? 

Review of 'G-Man'

Claremont Review of Books

Fall 2023

 

Ashes to Ashes, Disney to Dust

Wall Street Journal

July 30, 2023

Psychologists Can Fall into Groupthink Too (Letter)

Wall Street Journal

July 21, 2023

"The Last Honest Man" Review:

Frank Church in the Senate

Wall Street Journal

June 1, 2023

 

Nigel Lawson, 1932-2023

Washington Examiner

April 6, 2023

 

Pervez Musharraf, 1943-2023

Washington Examiner

February 9, 2023

 

George Pell, 1941-2023

Washington Examiner

January 12, 2023

 

Pope Benedict XVI, 1927-2023

Washington Examiner

January 5, 2023

 

Ashton Carter, 1954-2022

Washington Examiner

October 27, 2022

 

"Ted Kennedy" and "Against the Wind"

Review: Master of Maneuvers

Wall Street Journal

October 21, 2022

 

James McDivitt, 1929, 2022

Washington Examiner

October 21, 2022

 

John P.C. Train, 1928-2022 

Washington Examiner

September 22, 2022

The Personality Cults of Yesteryear (Letter)

Wall Street Journal

September 21, 2022

 

Kenneth Starr, 1946-2022

Washington Examiner

September 15, 2022

 

Why Monarch-Rejecting America 

Mourns Queen Elizabeth, Too 

New York Post

September 8, 2022

 

David Kay, 1940-2022

Washington Examiner

August 25, 2022

 

Mark Shields, 1937-2022

Washington Examiner

June 23, 2022

 

Randy Weaver, 1948-2022

Washington Examiner

May 19, 2022

 

Midge Decter, 1927-2022

Washington Examiner

May 12, 2022

 

Ashton Hawkins, 1937-2022

Washington Examiner

March 31, 2022

Richard Blum, 1935-2022

Washington Examiner

March 3, 2022

 

Walter Mears, 1935-2022

Washington Examiner

March 10, 2022

 

Review of "George V: Never a Dull Moment"

Washington Free Beacon

March 20, 2022

 

Review of "Scoundrel: Edgar Smith's Psychopathic Charm"

Wall Street Journal
February 23, 2022

 

Todd Gitlin, 1943-2022

Washington Examiner

February 10, 2022

 

Sheldon Silver, 1944-2022

Washington Examiner

January 27, 2022

 

Linwood Holton, 1923-2021

Washington Examiner

November 4, 2021

 

Colin Powell, 1937-2021

Washington Examiner

October 21, 2021

 

A.Q. Khan, 1936-2021

Washington Examiner

October 14, 2021

 

Todd Akin, 1947-2021

Washington Examiner

October 8, 2021

Carl Levin, 1934-2021

Washington Examiner

August 5, 2021


Tran Thran Khiem, 1925-2021

Washington Examiner

July 8, 2021

 

Jack B. Weinstein, 1921-2021

Washington Examiner

June 17, 2021

Buddy Roemer, 1943-2021 

Washington Examiner

May 20, 2021

 

Prince Philip, 1921-2021

Washington Examiner

April 15, 2021

The Old Man and the Documentary

Ken Burns's Hemingway is a pleasant surprise

Spectator USA

April 9, 2021

G. Gordon Liddy, 1930-2021

Washington Examiner

April 1, 2021

Roger Mudd, 1928-2021

Washington Examiner

March 11, 2021

Rush Limbaugh, 1951-2021

Washington Examiner

February 18, 2021

Five Best: Philip Terzian on Memoirs by Writers
Wall Street Journal

January 23, 2021

 

George Blake, 1922-2020

Washington Examiner

December 31, 2020

 

Walter Williams, 1936-2020

Washington Examiner
December 3, 2020

Roger Jepsen, 1928-2020

Washington Examiner

November 19, 2020

'A Promised Land' Review: Obama Remembers

Wall Street Journal

November 16, 2020

Izzat Ibrahim al Douri, 1942-2020

Washington Examiner

November 5, 2020

Bess Abell, 1933-2020

Washington Examiner

October 22, 2020

Presidents and Other Fictions

Intercollegiate Studies Institute

October 21, 2020

Lyon Gardiner Tyler Jr., 1925-2020

Washington Examiner

October 8, 2020

Sheik Sabah al Sabah, 1929-2020

Washington Examiner

October 1, 2020

Juliette Greco, 1927-2020

Washington Examiner

September 24, 2020

The Road to Camelot

Wall Street Journal

September 20, 2020

Bill Gates Sr., 1925-2020

Washington Examiner

September 17, 2020

Kaing Guek Eav, aka Duch, 1942-2020

Washington Examiner

September 3, 2020

John Lewis, 1940-2020

Washington Examiner

July 23, 2020

'Political Godmother' Review: Granite State Power Broker

Wall Street Journal

June 15, 2020

First Aide

Commentary

June 2020

Shigeru Yokota, 1932-2020

Washington Examiner

June 11, 2020

Count My Blessings

Spectator USA

June 10, 2020

Christo Vladimirov Javacheff, 1935-2020

Washington Examiner

June 4, 2020

Whom Does President Trump Remind You Of?

New York Times

December 9, 2020

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