History

154 Years Later

Gettysburg never really ended

Friday Links

At least we no longer need to speculate on what it would be like to live in a civilization’s decline.

Unpresidential But Not Unprecedented

Trump represents a unique danger, but he is the fruition of a half century of GOP rhetoric and policy

by John Moretta

The Self-loathing Of American Liberalism

Reagan’s revolution and Clinton’s liberal reinvention

By John Moretta

El Jefe

Nanofiction

This story originally appeared in Quick Fiction Volume 6 in October 2004.

Battle Of Trenton, 2017

Turning the NJ governorship blue this year would be a repudiation of Christie and Trump — and perhaps an indication of where the Democratic Party is heading

Valentine’s Day Is For The Martyrs

Valentinus, if he existed, was beaten and beheaded for being a member of a minority, Middle Eastern religion in the world’s most powerful empire