Michael O’Donnell is a lawyer in the Chicago area. His work has appeared in the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Atlantic.
Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s Long Fight for Equality
As an advocate and a judge, she has used ingenuity, tenacity, and strategic brilliance to attack the legal foundations of discrimination in America.
Ready to Blow
In 1983, a nuclear war game almost turned real. Have we learned our lesson?
Russia’s Founding Father
A new, definitive biography of Mikhail Gorbachev tells the story of the man most responsible for ending the Cold War.
The Worst Job in the World
The most successful chiefs of staff have known not only how to take charge but also when to leave.
Shoot the Hippies
Kent State’s lessons in the age of Donald Trump.
