A Summer Reading List for America’s 250th Anniversary. On July 4, 2026, America will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the ...

Five Best: Books on Politics. Selected by Ken Mehlman, the campaign manager for Bush-Cheney 2004, the 62nd chairman of the RNC and a partner at KKR. By . Kenneth B. Mehlman. Share. Resize.

The latest decision is a major legal win for religious interests at the conservative high court, and blurs the line that once ...

Without further ado, I bring you the On Politics unofficial literary canon, as recommended by you. Let me know if you read one, and if you want to join the Robert Penn Warren book club that I will ...

A group of religious parents want to withdraw their elementary school children from class when storybooks with LGBTQ+ ...

President Trump’s decision to bomb Iran may not be shaped just by politics. It may also be influenced by a controversial set ...

Disillusioned by politics, I read these books to get out of my slump. The Washington Post’s longtime book critic Michael Dirda took a break from reading, then delved into some favorites and new ...

For Mir and Garfinkle, America’s reversion to “orality” underlies much of today’s political dysfunction. In their telling, ...