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Mr. Presidentiality

by John C. Waugh

An analysis of his claim that he “can be more presidential than all past presidents except Lincoln.”

Why the “Merchants of Death” Survive and Prosper

by Lawrence Wittner

As long as people retain their faith in the supreme value of military might, we can probably expect defense contractors to continue profiting from war at the public’s expense.

It HAS Happened Here

by Van Gosse

After Trump, it’s pretty obvious that the certainty “it could never happen here” was foolish in hindsight.

What do North Korea and Colonial Virginia Have in Common?

by James Thornton Harris

Famine, disease and forced work camps.

How I Have Clung to Health in Old Age

by Vaughn Davis Bornet

Looking back from the age of 100.

Frances FitzGerald Reconsidered

by Gary Kulik

She won all the prizes for her history of Vietnam, but scholars don’t think much of “Fire in the Lake.”

For Those Who Have Traded Faith for Power, There’s a Comeuppance Ahead

by Ed Simon

It’s written that nobody can serve two masters, but many evangelicals seem content to try.

Of Warlocks, Witches, and American Stampedes

by Jim Sleeper

If we aren't careful the #MeToo movement could end up like other well-intentioned campaigns. 

A History Lesson for Trump about Compassion and Christmas

by Robert Cohen

“You just a got a lot richer," Donald Trump told his friends this weekend.

We Have to Go Beyond Identifying and Punishing Individual Men

by Joan Wallach Scott

It’s the history of the oppression of women we have to contend with.

Black Women Are Using the Vote They Fought So Hard to Win

by Jillean McCommons

Their votes are shifting politics left.

Where Are the Truth-seekers?

by Walter G. Moss

What Gandhi and Arendt can teach us.

Mark Bowden Looks Back at Vietnam and U.S. Foreign Policy Through the Lens of One Horrific Battle

by David Kindy

In an interview the New York Times bestselling author of “Black Hawk Down” explains why he decided to write a book about Hue.

It’s Not Mexico that’s the Problem. It’s Capitalism.

by John Tutino

Mexicans’ continuing search for sustainable lives and sustaining communities is proclaimed an assault on U.S. power and prosperity. This is a distraction.

Historians Want to Put Events in Context. Common Core Doesn’t. That’s a Problem.

by Sandra Stotsky

A response to concerns expressed by teachers at a Language Arts Conference.

There’s Yet Another Way We Can Deal with Confederate Monuments

by Philip Gerard

Wrap them in a shroud.

Do Historians Have to Be Socially Responsible?

by Arundhati Virmani

What the leaders of the Annales School think.

You Haven’t Heard of OBOR? You Should.

by Tom Clifford

It’s China’s biggest attempt to dominate the world since the 16th century.

And Now He’s Written a Biography of Franklin D. Roosevelt

by Erik Moshe

An Interview with historian Robert Dallek.

We Could Afford to Help Feed Children Around the World After WW2, but Not Now?

by William Lambers

President Trump wants to end a program that’s fed millions.