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I grew up in one of the coolest places on earth: brownstone Brooklyn. I lived there before everyone knew it was cool, which is, of course, t...

As all of you know, I am a big fan of Machiavelli.  The Prince was the first book of political theory I ever read — I found it in a used boo...

A few weeks ago, I went to Houston to see Miss Self Important. It was a very nice trip! And I'm somewhat amazed to admit that it's t...

For me, COVID began on March 13, 2020. That's the day we were all sent to work from home for two weeks. Looking back through my emails, ...

The main reason I left academia is that I didn't think I had enough interesting things to say about the 20ish books I was an expert on t...

For some unknown reason, I picked up a book about the Plantagenets at the library a few weeks ago. Not a scholarly book, a pop history book....

As all three of my readers (hello, friends!) are already aware, someone in my family (we'll call her Hannah) has been trying to get preg...