From The Nation, sallow, queer, sagacious: A review of The Lincoln Anthology: Great Writers on His Life and Legacy From 1860 to Now; and Abraham Lincoln in the Post-Heroic Era: History and Memory in Late Twentieth-Century America by Barry Schwartz; and a review of The Politics of Truth: Selected Writings of C. Wright Mills. From H-Net, a review of Creating the National Security State: A History of the Law That Transformed America by Douglas Stuart; and a a review of Philosophical Perspectives on the "War on Terrorism". Paul Pillar on how to discourage the speaking of truth to power: The damage done by the Chas Freeman saga. Will George Bush’s presidential center be for scholars or for the pursuit of the former president’s policies? The final mystery of a tantalisingly incomplete novel by Charles Dickens, both a global celebrity and the epitome of an era, continues to move our hearts nearly two centuries after his birth. Are we ready to use Wikipedia? The popular online encyclopedia — much derided by many professors — can provide guidance that no instructor alone can offer. President Obama has a once-in-a-generation opportunity to reshape Americans' attitudes about their government, though Obama's job is harder than FDR's (and more). You, only different: Why do girlfriends and wives keep trying to change their men?
