When Joan Didion is good, she is very, very good, and her darts, tiny, slender, and sharp as silk pins, hit their targets on the bulls-eye.
Charlotte Allen
In his new memoir, former President Barack Obama waxes eloquent on the topic that interests him the most: himself.
It's just not as easy as it once was to be a favor-trading ward heeler.
Permanent Record is a crisp and surprisingly readable narrative, if one that should be consumed with a grain or even a tablespoon of salt.
Members of the Obama administration have put together a book of “deeply moving stories” that “show us how hope becomes real, sustainable change.”
Howard attributes law's overreach to “visions of correctness”—essentially blind faith in the rule of law—held by liberals and conservatives alike.
The problems in ecologically ambitious California shed light on the many pitfalls of a Green New Deal for America.
Sasse insists that the Left-Right chasm these days is simply a matter of free-floating anxiety generated by economic disruption and click-seeking media.
One of the most unsettling aspects of former independent counsel Ken Starr’s memoir is that his cast of characters from the 90s remains prominent today.
James Comey's memoir A Higher Loyalty signals virtue better than most high-profile memoirs, but gives us greater insight into his vices.
Charlotte Allen, who was a frequent contributor to the Weekly Standard, is the author of The Human Christ: The Search for the Historical Jesus.