LITTLE BIG TOPSuperb carvings by an obscure artisan recapture the circus world of the 1920s. THE BIG LEAKIt was so big it might have caused us to lose World War II. So mysterious is the identity of the leaker that we can’t be sure to this day who it was—or at least not entirely sure. by Thomas Fleming.
LINCOLN: FICTION AND FACTA new novel raises questions about civil liberties in wartime, staff loyalties and disloyalties, and especially, Lincoln’s priorities. An interview with William Safire by Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
WHERE WOULD EMERSON FIND HIS SCHOLAR NOW?His speech was called “our intellectual Declaration of Independence.” Its theme was the universe itself; its hero, Man Thinking. Now, one hundred and seventy-five years later, a noted scholar sees Emerson’s great vision as both more beleaguered and more urgent than ever. by Alfred Kazin.
LET’S EAT CHINESE TONIGHTAmericans have been doing just that since the days of the California gold rush—and we’re still not full. by Bryan R. Johnson.
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