An epic subject requires a writer of epic skill and scope, and we have a perfect pairing in Cleopatra and Stacy Schiff. Absorbing and illuminating, this new biography will endure.

[T]o argue that something is so because it is in the Bible is more than intellectually bankrupt.

An important thing to remember about the press is there is no ideological bias.

In rich and captivating prose, Jessica DuLong kindly invites the rest of us on the journey of her lifetime: from a dot-com job to the fabled waters of the Hudson River, where she became a fireboat engineer. This is an unusual and fascinating book.

Steadiness of faith, was, in the long run, as illuminating and essential as sophistication of thought.

Our greatest leaders are neither dreamers nor dictators: They are, like Jefferson, those who articulate national aspirations yet master the mechanics of influence and know when to depart from dogma.

Jefferson was the rare leader who stood out from the crowd without intimidating it.