Online Reviews in The Moscow Times (2005-2008):
“Looking
Both Ways” or here (A
Review of Alexander II
: The Last Great Tsar by Edvard
Radzinsky)
“Enemy of the State”
or here (A Review of
Mark Leier's book on Mikhail Bakunin)
“Becoming
Stalin” or here
(A Review of Simon
Sebag Montefiore’s Young Stalin)
“Follow the Leader”
or here
(A Review of Catriona Kelly's Children's World: Growing Up in Russia, 1890-1991)
Online Essays and Additional Reviews (2008-2009):
On
passion, politics, intolerance, and history on the History News Network (6/16/08)
“Obama, Sandburg and Lincoln” on the History News Network (2/2/09)
“Do the Humanities Matter in Hard Times?” on the History News Network
(3/30/09)
Obama, Passion, and Wisdom (aka“Is Obama Too Cerebral?”) on
the History News Network (9/7/09)
“Fuzzy Thinking: Obama, Capitalism, and Socialism” on
the History News Network (10/5/09)
“Is Health Care a Human Right?” on the History News Network (11/09/09)
On Leo
Tolstoy's Sevastopol Stories on
Michigan War Studies Review (7/2/08)
Review of Leningrad: State of Siege on Michigan War Studies Review (3/3/09)
Online Materials Related to Modern Wisdom (a book in progress)
“Portraits of Modern Wisdom: An Introduction” (Word format)
(or PDF)
“The Wisdom of Carl and Paula Sandburg” (Word
format) (or PDF)
“The Wisdom of Andrei Sakharov”
(Word format) (or PDF)
“Howard McClusky: A Wise
and Good Man”
“Wisdom, Golf, and
Obama” (Word format) (or PDF)