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What was so great about Catherine?
The Russian empress remains fascinating not because she attempted sex with a horse, but for expanding her empire, squashing her enemies and acting like, well, a man.
By Laura Miller Feb 13, 2007
Herbivore vs. carnivore
Are vegetarians the moral, peace-loving, cruelty-free enemies of the meat eater? Or a bunch of kooks living in la-la land?
By Laura Miller Jan 25, 2007
Ode to joy
Barbara Ehrenreich turns away from pop sociology to explore the historical oppression of collective happiness in "Dancing in the Streets."
By Stephen Amidon Jan 22, 2007
Finding "The Lost"
Salon Book Award winner Daniel Mendelsohn discusses his search for missing relatives, the "overfamiliarity" of the Holocaust, and why we should listen to our elders.
By Andrew O'Hehir Dec 14, 2006
Where have you gone, Edward Abbey?
His best work celebrated the natural world, free and clear of "the caterwauling of commerce." More than ever, America needs the ornery writer today.
By Philip Connors Oct 22, 2006
The passion of George W. Bush
The president doesn't care that he is reviled. He is a martyr, and someday all will see his glory. Meanwhile, he's got Karl doing his dirty work.
By Sidney Blumenthal Apr 27, 2006
The sweetest dream
A disinherited grandchild of the man who created Sweet'N Low dissects his screwy family -- and the history of fake sugar -- in a winning new book.
By Christine Smallwood Apr 13, 2006
Knowledge is overrated
Stephen Colbert takes a stand against history.
H.H. Feb 23, 2006
Did Reagan win the Cold War?
John Lewis Gaddis' history succinctly captures the long faceoff that shaped our world. But his analysis is marred by Reagan worship.
By Laura Miller Jan 25, 2006
Freedom and equality: Un-American activities
A master historian argues that Reconstruction ideals, far from reflecting America's deepest values, contradicted them
By Andrew O'Hehir Jan 16, 2006
Why myths still matter
The religious rituals that surrounded them are gone, but we're still drawn to stories that transform the world -- and ourselves.
By Laura Miller Nov 16, 2005
The new new world
Charles C. Mann's monumental retelling of pre-Columbian American history, "1491," illuminates the existence of civilizations as populous and sophisticated as those of the European latecomers.
By Steve Kettmann Sep 29, 2005
Hot and horny for Hitler
What drew German teens by the millions to the Hitler Youth? The uniforms, the camaraderie, the cultish adoration of Der Fuhrer -- and lots of Aryan sex.
By Jana Prikryl Dec 3, 2004
Old times there are not forgotten
John Wilkes Booth, the South's romantic villain, refused to accept the triumph of Northern values. Some things never change.
By David Talbot Nov 19, 2004
Democrats lost the battle, not the war
Only people suffering from historical amnesia could believe this election proves that liberalism is dead.
By Joe Conason Nov 6, 2004
"The Arabs are after our blood"
Israeli historian and onetime peacenik Benny Morris now says Palestinians don't want peace -- and that all the Arabs should have been driven out of Israel in 1948.
By Christopher Farah Jan 23, 2004
The greatest week in rock history
Thirty-four years ago this week, the Beatles, Stones, Zeppelin, Temptations, Santana, Crosby Stills and Nash, and Creedence Clearwater all shared top billing on the Billboard album chart. There's never been another lineup quite like it -- and there will never be again.
By Eric Boehlert Dec 19, 2003
Love letters
The author of "A Venetian Affair" says we can learn much from the story of 18th century passion between his ancestor and the woman he wasn't allowed to marry.
By Karen Croft Nov 4, 2003
The seductress
The author of a new book says if women want to seduce powerful men, their best weapon is brains, not boobs.
By David Bowman Oct 31, 2003
The sound of one hand slapping
A new book explores the history of masturbation -- and why the finest minds of the 18th century suddenly freaked out about it.
By Betsy Andrews May 9, 2003
Liberate Iraq's history now!
The U.S. should seal its commitment to a free Iraq by releasing captured documents and its own archives, so Iraqis can examine their own past.
By James G. Hershberg Apr 19, 2003
"May prick nor purse never fail you"
This weird history of two men's sex clubs in 18th century Scotland cries out for Mike Meyers and John Cleese.
By Douglas Cruickshank Apr 10, 2002
Smoke gets in your eyes
Cigarette smoking is a metaphor for sex, says the author of a book on tobacco.
By David Bowman Apr 3, 2002
Love boat
Errant women on a convict ship to Australia in the 1780s were sexual playthings, potential mothers and sometimes romantic partners -- if they didn't succumb to scurvy first.
By Janelle Brown Mar 20, 2002
Be still my heart
The old movie stills were often sexier than the movies they were meant to publicize.
By David Thomson Jan 17, 2002
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