FREE BIRDPigeon’s Execution Canceled After U.S. Tag Exposed as FakeThe incriminating tag made Australian authorities believe the pigeon has breached quarantine rules by crossing the Pacific Ocean from Oregon.Jamie Ross
exclusiveWORLD WAR IIWhen Democratic Senators Collaborated With American NazisThis exclusive excerpt from the new book “Hollywood Hates Hitler!” explores the time U.S. senators teamed with the fascist America First Committee to battle pro-war Hollywood.Chris Yogerst
UNSUNGThe Bean Counter Who Put Al Capone in the SlammerWhen it came to catching Public Enemy Number 1,, T-man Eliot Ness got the spotlight but accountant Frank Wilson was the dogged numbers sleuth who put Capone away.Gil Troy
Gone GirlThe Short and Tragic Life of America’s First AviatrixBefore there was Amelia Earhart, there was Mildred Doran: young, sexy, and airplane crazy—but no pilot. That was enough to put her in the crew for a daredevil and disastrous race.Clive Irving
exclusiveLEGACYIs Reagan's Vision For America Dead?We are a rarity in the world. We have turned down dark paths in our history, but we have always tried to right ourselves by remembering the principles that America was founded upon.Patti Davis
IN HIS OWN WORDSDonald Trump’s Plot Against America<p>The author of <i>The Plot Against America</i>, Philip Roth spends Inauguration Day dwelling on everything from the perplexing case of Melania Trump to America’s state of suspended insurrection.</p> Bernard-Henri Lévy
DOOMED TO REPEAT HISTORY?Don’t Blame the Nazis: The Alt-Right Has an American PastIt has happened here before—and its most shameless voice was Charles Lindbergh. AD BY THE DAILY BEAST
MAKE AMERICA GROSS AGAINRush: Trump’ll Make Americans ‘Orgasmic’The conservative radio host thinks that Trump will inspire Americans to shriek with delight once they see him take on Clinton.Gideon Resnick
HARBINGER?James Thurber’s Game Plan for the GOP<p>In 1931, the <em>New Yorker</em> humorist wrote a story about a round-the-world flier whose loutish behavior and loose tongue eerily anticipated the boorish Donald Trump.<br> </p> Jeff Greenfield
EnigmaLindbergh Soared as a Crackpot CelebrityCharles Lindbergh became famous for flying solo across the Atlantic just when the star-maker machinery of mass media was revving up. Man and moment were made for each other.AD BY THE DAILY BEAST
The AviatorLindbergh’s Secret MistressesEven a novel can’t capture the relentless weirdness and sexual appetites of the famed aviator. By Joshua Kendall.Joshua Kendall
