In his new book, the journalist, speechwriter, broadcaster, and force of nature recalls an astounding career.
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Posted inFeatured, Political Animal
Do Books Matter?
The best-seller list is dominated by volumes on race but there’s an important distinction between the works that are enduring and those that are just for putting on shelves.
Posted inApril/May/June 2021, Books, Magazine
Sickness in Health
A journalist’s fly-on-the-wall coverage of one small Ohio hospital reveals the deeper story of America’s broken medical system—and the heartland’s decline.
Posted inApril/May/June 2021, Books, Featured, Magazine
From Laundress to Business Mogul
A century after the Tulsa massacre, remembering Madam C. J. Walker, who relied on Black institutions and her own brazen determination to become one of the richest businesswomen in America.
Posted inApril/May/June 2021, Books, Magazine
Survival Instinct
Conservation movements have won in the past. Can they do it again?
Posted inMagazine
How to Write Like Your Parents Are Dead
Philip Roth had an idyllic childhood. How did he become America’s greatest chronicler of malcontents?
Posted inBooks, Featured, Health Care, Political Animal, Politics
Obamacare and Its Enemies
An insightful new history of the Affordable Care Act—and the fight to save it—points to a difficult road ahead for insuring Americans.
Posted inBooks, January/February/March 2021, Magazine, Main
The Flawed Superhero of Marvel Comics
A new book reveals the origin story of Stan Lee, the self-aggrandizing impresario of an entertainment empire.
Posted inBooks, January/February/March 2021, Magazine
The Brutality of Boyhood
Parenting in the age of #MeToo.
Posted inMagazine
The Master of (Self-inflicted) Disaster
Mike Nichols’s films about escaping catastrophe can guide us in the post-Trump era.
