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How Much Is a Boss Worth?

by Lawrence S. Wittner

Americans favor limiting CEO pay to no more than six times the pay of the average worker. How much more than that CEO’s actually make!

Why I’m Running for Congress

by David Benac

An historian throws his hat in the ring for Michigan’s Sixth Congressional District.

A Party in Secret Passes an Overwhelmingly Unpopular Law. We’ve Been Here Before. It Ended in Disaster.

by Michael Todd Landis

A history lesson from the 1850s that the GOP and Donald Trump should heed.

America in Crisis: Dangerous Flaws in the Structure of Our Government Could Lead to Our Undoing

by Richard Striner

If in 2020 the winner of the popular vote for president loses in the Electoral College, the rage of the decent American majority will surge as it has never surged before.

Fake News? Maybe This Is What Democracy Looks Like

by Jocelyn Olcott

A look back at the 1975 women’s conference shows that people who share different assumptions will often disagree about what constitutes fake news.

Everything Politicians in the Trump Era Need to Know George Washington Knew as a Boy

by Suzy Evans

That they don’t know how to behave is demoralizing.

To the American Colonists, Steve Bannon, Sean Spicer & the Rest of the Trump Crowd Would Seem Familiar Characters

by Andrew Wehrman

The way they’re being depicted today resonates.

The GOP’s Pattern of Denial Is Usually Followed by Acceptance

by Bruce W. Dearstyne

That’s what happens with Social Security.

The Founding Fathers Have Another Lesson to Teach Us

by Donald J. Fraser

We must get along.

America in Crisis: Is a Second Civil War in the Making?

by Richard Striner

People on both sides of the culture war believe that their opposite numbers “don’t understand what America is all about.”

Is Donald Trump’s War on Obama Unprecedented?

by Ronald L. Feinman

Alas, the answer is no.

America in Crisis: Our Grotesque Predicament

by Richard Striner

The first in a series.

We’ve Gone from American Exceptionalism to American Unexceptionalism

by Fred Zilian

This is what Trump has accomplished in 6 short months.

Rural and City Folk ARE Different, and History Shows this Isn’t New

by Michael Rapport

But what the past also suggests is that the right forms of investment in such areas as infrastructure and education may provide part of the solution to the problems that beset both.

“Me, Me, Me” Is the Mantra of the Trump Administration

by David Lee McMullen

And unfortunately this dog-eat-dog example is being watched and replicated around the world.

Is Trump too Old to Be President?

by Ronald L. Feinman

History suggests no one age 70 or over should run for president.

From Columbus to Trump: What Has America Gotten Wrong?

by Walter G. Moss

We have overemphasized getting and spending.

Where’s Edward R. Murrow When We Need Him?

by Bruce W. Dearstyne

His takedown of Joe McCarthy shows the power of a free media when faced with a demagogue.

James Comey: What Historians Make of His Testimony

Tweets and retweets of historians commenting on the former FBI director's testimony. 

What the Trump Administration Is Proving Is the Importance of White House Staffs

by Kathryn Smith

What Trump could learn from FDR.