Sam Tanenhaus’s long-awaited biography captures William F. Buckley Jr. and the political movement that he did so much to ...

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Reagan took the traditional conservative beliefs in anti-Communism and deregulation and transformed them into faith in globalization. He believed in the assertion of both American power and American ...

If you know the name Angelica Schuyler, you just might be a fan of “Hamilton,” where she stole the show by belting out ...

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