In January 1973, two months after Richard Nixon’s resounding election victory, the New York Times announced that it was adding a new columnist to its opinion pages: William Safire, a speechwriter for ...

So it may seem strange that I’m taking a break at this point in our national narrative. But there’s something else I’ve always longed to do: write novels. I’ve had a little belated luck on that front ...

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