The Rise and Rise of Doris Kearns Goodwin by Algis Valiunas The heroine historian of the self-satisfied class.
The Spirit of ’75? by Algis Valiunas An audacious, and wrong, argument about the American Revolution.
Have Much, Want Much by Algis Valiunas A review of Peter N. Stearns's "Satisfaction Not Guaranteed: Dilemmas of Progress in Modern Society"
Oh, Kael by Algis Valiunas Does the most celebrated movie critic this country ever produced deserve her continued eminence?
The Sanest Man Ever by Algis Valiunas The greatness of Montaigne's essays persists despite his modern admirers
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Big Talker by Algis Valiunas The American “sage” of the 19th century still casts an unfortunate shadow over the 21st.
The Playboy and His Western World by Algis Valiunas How Hugh Hefner—yes, Hugh Hefner—became the moral arbiter of our age.