WINDOW ROCK, Ariz.—With a population of more than 165,000 people, the Navajo Nation is the largest indigenous reservation in the United States, occupying 16 million acres, about the size of West Virginia. It is a land of stunning desert beauty, with majestic mountains, sandstone canyons and red-rock formations, and highways that stretch for miles with
REVIEW: ‘Blind Spots: When Medicine Gets It Wrong, and What It Means for Our Health’ by Marty Makary When patients turn to professional societies like the AMA or the American College of Physicians or the American Association of Pediatrics for vital health information, one might expect that the information is based on publications in prestigious
I’ll get right to the best part: In 1945, Colorado farmer Lloyd Olsen was preparing to sell a chicken when he hit a snag. As Sy Montgomery explains in What the Chicken Knows, Olsen “failed to kill the rooster when his ax missed the bird’s carotid artery and left one ear and most of the
In 2009, Chicagoan Jane Bertch began establishing a culinary school business in Paris, which is raison d’être for her debut memoir. Readers who come for the food, know this: Puff pastry secrets are not disclosed, and the book’s title does not refer to butter. The author’s revelations deal with much broader issues, some of which
Did you hear the one about the Russian Jew from Minnesota who walked into a Chicago bar to sell the owner Swedish booze? Sure, it sounds like the set-up of a bad joke, but it’s a true story and one entertainingly told by journalist Josh Noel in Malört: The Redemption of a Revered and Reviled
Republicans are signaling a quick confirmation process for President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet in 2025.
President-elect Trump has chosen an ideologically diverse Cabinet for his second term by selecting an array of establishment and unconventional candidates for the top 15 posts.