Rachel Monroe

1. Article · Aug 17, 2026 · Rachel Monroe

   The Big, Dumb, Gluttonous Fun of America’s Semiquincentennial (opens the original)

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   Was it possible to have a genuinely good, patriotic time this Semiquincentennial summer? I was determined to find out. A decade ago, Congress set up a bipartisan commission, America250, and asked it to “plan, encourage, develop, and coordinate the commemoration of the history of the United States leading up to the 250th anniversary of the founding of the United States.” But the group became riven by infighting and lawsuits. When Donald Trump began his second term as President, he formed his

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2. Article · Aug 12, 2026 · Rachel Monroe

   What to Read After “Lonesome Dove” (opens the original)

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   Rachel MonroeA contributing writer covering the Southwest In Texas, where I live, someone always seems to be reading “Lonesome Dove,” Larry McMurtry’s thrilling, ambivalent Western, first published in 1985. The rest of the country is catching on: the novel sold more copies in 2025 than it had in thirty years, and earlier this year it spiked on Google Trends. And I’m not surprised—“Lonesome Dove” is the kind of romantic, immersive story that gets BookTok going, but McMurtry shades h

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