Tocqueville in Arabia

Like Alexis de Tocqueville and his classic account Democracy in America, Joshua Mitchell analyzes the potential for democracy in the Middle East post-Arab Spring, offering clarity on the troubled present and an optimistic view of the future.

Runyon’s New York

October 4: “He practically invented at least two entire decades of his times, and had everybody believing that his street, Broadway, actually existed. So much of it never happened. What do you care?”  

Book of Ages

She was the beloved sibling and correspondent of one of our nation’s founders. Why haven’t we heard the voice of Jane Franklin?

Rough Seas Ahead

October 3: “…But it is not only the American ship which is floundering. Nearly half the human beings ever born are now alive, breeding like bacteria under optimum conditions.”