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Home for Christmas

Revisiting favorite Christmas stories

Joseph Bottum
December 22, 2018
Culture

Bah, Humbug

A Christmas Carol, again and again

Joseph Bottum
December 15, 2018
Culture

Founders' Son and Federalist Father

Review: 'John Marshall: The Man Who Made the Supreme Court' by Richard Brookhiser

Joseph Bottum
December 8, 2018
Culture

Greatness in History

Review: 'Heirs of the Founders: The Epic Rivalry of Henry Clay, John Calhoun and Daniel Webster' by H.W. Brands

Joseph Bottum
December 1, 2018
Culture

The Deep Stuff of Legends

Review: 'The Sandman Vol. 1: Preludes and Nocturnes' by Neil Gaiman

Joseph Bottum
November 24, 2018
Culture

The Limits of Highmindedness

Review: 'The Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism' by Steve Kornacki

Joseph Bottum
November 17, 2018
Culture

Unfleeting Fame

Review: 'The Big Fella: Babe Ruth and the World He Created' by Jane Leavy

Joseph Bottum
November 10, 2018
Culture

The Gorey Details

Review: 'Born to Be Posthumous: The Eccentric Life and Mysterious Genius of Edward Gorey' by Mark Dery

Joseph Bottum
November 3, 2018
Culture

Too Little, Too Late

Bruno Latour preaches in New York

Joseph Bottum
October 27, 2018
Culture

Not Our Kind

The problem of book reviewing through tribal identification

Joseph Bottum
October 20, 2018