George Washington
The United States Mint recently unveiled the first of this year's "America the Beautiful" quarters, with White Mountain National Forest in New Hampshire featured on the back of the coin. Four additional quarters in the series will follow later this year, with five more per year at least through 2021 (and possibly through 2033). READ MORE >>
Torture, America, and the Laws of War
Lincoln’s Code: The Laws of War in American HistoryBy John Fabian Witt (Free Press, 498 pp., $32) READ MORE >>
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America’s Unwritten Constitution: The Precedents and Principles We Live By By Akhil Reed Amar (Basic Books, 615 pp., $29.99) READ MORE >>
In Praise of Presidents Who Aren't Good Family Men
What Happened to Europe?
George Washington’s Political Intelligence and the Atlantic Ocean’s Savior: Today’s TNR Reader
Editor’s Note: We’ll be running the article recommendations of our friends at TNR Reader each afternoon on The Plank, just in time to print out or save for your commute home. Enjoy! The understated political intelligence and ideological depth of George Washington have been occasionally lost to history. No longer. City Journal | 52 min (13,055 words) READ MORE >>
