New perspectives on how history is made
We cannot know for sure what Trump plans to do, but from what we do know, the prospects are alarming.
History shows most have been unable to stay quiet.
It seems after every period of extraordinary progress, we witness a complete regression to the forces of reaction.
Is Thanksgiving equal to the challenge this November 24? Some have simply called the whole thing off, staying put or reconstituting their guest lists.
Sadly, it’s time to revive this old idea.
History tells us that divided presidential election results typically lead to chaotic political results. Whether it will this time no one yet knows.
Obama may be on his way out, but like John Adams, there’s a lot a president can do in his final days in office.
While many aspects of the executive branch would be unrecognizable to the founding generation, the President’s selection of his own advisors would be.
#1 Lesson: Class still matters.
What unites them? The search for order.
Truman fought for the Jews but lost in Congress.
A recent reappraisal is thoughtful – and wrong.
Even the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff think that 1,000 deployed nuclear weapons are sufficient to safeguard U.S. national security.
It was expressly designed to signal to France and Spain that the Americans no longer considered themselves British subjects.
This ugly part of the past cannot repeat itself on our watch.
Their battle with the establishment marked both as outsiders with whom Americans could identify.
It’s what Lincoln recommended.
The torchbearer and trailblazer of American journalism.
Kate McKinnon’s unexpectedly profound interpretation of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”
The Electoral College strikes again.
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