Orwell in Burma, 'Flatulent' Travel Writing, and Banning the Word 'Plantation'

The Weekend Beacon Interview with 'Burma Sahib' author Paul Theroux

No, Churchill Was Not the Villain

How China and North Korea Are Saving Russia's Military Machine From Grinding to a Halt

WATCH: Great Moments in Presidential Rhetoric (Vol. 1)

'Space, it affects us all'

Fringe Benefits

REVIEW: 'Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force That Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War' by Jon Grinspan

Repairing the Road to the White House

REVIEW: 'The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy from the Fringes' by Nick Troiano

Paint Me Like One of Your Generals

REVIEW: 'Glorious Lessons: John Trumbull, Painter of the American Revolution' by Richard Brookhiser

Too Nice To Finish First

REVIEW: ‘True Believer: Hubert Humphrey’s Quest for a More Just America’ and ‘Into the Bright Sunshine: Young Hubert Humphrey and the Fight for Civil Rights’

A Constitution, If You Can Keep It

REVIEW: 'American Covenant: How the Constitution Unified Our Nation―and Could Again' by Yuval Levin

A Day For Us To Remember—and a Day China Wants To Forget

On the lessons drawn from D-Day and Tiananmen Square