History

The Death of Impeachment?

The Senate sitting as an impeachment jury is not faring well in the court of public opinion.

I’ve even heard people I would have thought knew better criticize the Framers for the procedural steps…

The Missing Republicans

The new President of the United States, Joe Biden, says we need to get in…

Please, stop saying “banana republic”

It perpetuates the same ideology that got us Trump and the…

If He’s a Clown, He’s One of Them Stephen King Clowns!

Il Duce, “the leader,” was the preferred title…

January 6 Will NOT Become America’s Bastille Day

I am writing on January 7, 2021, the day after a mob…

When Did America Begin?

The 1619 Project makes one famous argument for the nation’s start. It’s not…

The Black Death and European Recovery

How Europe dug its way out of a cataclysm.

Lincoln Project Nostalgia Glosses over Republican Party History of Racism, Undermining Democracy

Patriot History: The Right’s Attack on Intellectual Freedom

Good history depends upon intellectual…

Why Nobody Should Trust Mitch McConnell

He may pass another stimulus. He won’t do much else.