Patricia O’Toole

Patricia O’Toole is a contributing editor of The American Scholar and a professor in the School of the Arts at Columbia University. The author of The Five of Hearts: An Intimate Portrait of Henry Adams and His Friends and When Trumpets Call: Theodore Roosevelt after the White House, she is now at work on a book about Woodrow Wilson.

A President Speaks Out on Immigration

In an address to new citizens, Woodrow Wilson spoke of the American dream

by Patricia O’Toole | Monday, June 25, 2012

Je Ne Suis Pas Charlie

by Patricia O’Toole | Monday, January 12, 2015

An Indictment to Remember

Texas Governor Rick Perry’s recent legal troubles recall those of a distant predecessor

by Patricia O’Toole | Tuesday, August 19, 2014

We’ve Occupied This Street Before

Random thoughts (well, not all that random) on wealth and commonwealth

by Patricia O’Toole | Monday, November 21, 2011

Findings: Another Washington Leak

by Patricia O’Toole | Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Another Washington Leak

by Patricia O’Toole | Wednesday, December 01, 2004

Barbarian Virtues

When Americans first yearned to transform themselves and save the world

by Patricia O’Toole | Monday, June 01, 2009