Free Beacon Culture

How a Strongman Stays in Power

REVIEW: ‘From Life Itself: Turkey, Istanbul, and a Neighborhood in the Age of Erdoğan’ by Suzy Hansen

Life Lessons from Lamar

REVIEW: ‘The Education of a Senator: From JFK to Trump’ by Lamar Alexander

REVIEW: ‘Disclosure Day’

It’s Spielberg’s first movie-of-the-week in a half century!

When America Declared Itself

REVIEW: ‘National Treasure: How the Declaration of Independence Made America’ by Michael Auslin

Harvard’s Slide into Stupidity

REVIEW: ‘Where Harvard Went Wrong: Fifty Years of Commentary that Fell on Deaf Ears’ by Harvey C. Mansfield

Royally Screwed

REVIEW: ‘Behind Closed Doors: The Tragic, Untold Story of the Duchess of Windsor’ by Hugo Vickers

When Power Suits and Padded Shoulders Ruled

REVIEW: ‘Yuppies: The Bankers, Lawyers, Joggers, and Gourmands Who Conquered New York’ by Dylan Gottlieb

No Bridge Was Too Far for Sonny Rollins

A Return to Proper History

REVIEW: 'The Mighty Continent: A Candid History of Modern Europe' by Walter A. McDougall

The Empathy Justice

REVIEW: ‘Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement’ by Peter S. Canellos