Quill Rose and the Quiet Insurrection by John Meyers
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Since World War II, the two men who have most terrified this city by winning the presidency are Ronald Reagan and Donald Trump. And they have much in common.
"Without the pen of the author of Common Sense, the sword of Washington would have been raised in vain." – John Adams
Vintage documentary explaining how the ac motor, used by the us air force in the past, are working.
Now we know Nixon lied. A newfound cache of notes left by H. R. Haldeman, his closest aide, shows that Nixon directed his campaign's efforts to scuttle the peace talks, which he feared could give his opponent, Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, an
How the National Security State Created a State of Global Insecurity
One of President-elect Donald Trump's top aides is raising questions about the elimination of a requirement for history students at George Washington University.
Next year, the US government will hit its 25-year deadline to release approximately 3,000 never-before-seen documents, and 34,000 previously redacted files relating to the assassination of US President John F. Kennedy.
[This essay originally appears in The Costs of War: America's Pyrrhic Victories, edited with an introduction by John V. Denson.]
Below is a review of a new book that I'll be buying. Of course many flag-waving nationalists foam at the mouth over any suggestion that the Shining City on the Hill has been imperialistic.
Adam Smith's central contribution to economic understanding was surely his demonstration that under an institutional arrangement of individual liberty, property rights, and voluntary exchange the self-interested conduct of market participants could
It is easy to say what World War II did not change, but what it did change is also important. The first thing that leaps to mind is the manner in which World War II began for the three great powers: the United States, the Soviet Union and the United
"Why is it that, next to the birthday of the Savior of the world, your most joyous and most venerated festival returns on this day? . . . Is it not that, in the chain of human events, the birthday of the nation is indissolubly linked with the birth
Robert B. Stinnett, Day of Deceit: The Truth about FDR and Pearl Harbor (New York, Free Press, 2000)
"I have in my possession a secret map, made in Germany by Hitler's government -- by the planners of the New World Order," FDR told the nation in his Navy Day radio address of Oct. 27, 1941.
Drugs to transform individuals…and even, by implication, society.
Drugs to transform individuals…and even, by implication, society.
Drugs to transform individuals…and even, by implication, society.
Drugs to transform individuals…and even, by implication, society.
Drugs to transform individuals…and even, by implication, society.
You've likely seen the population density map of the United States in one form or another. A lot of people per square mile reside in big cities, fewer people reside in suburban areas, and a lot fewer people reside in rural areas.
We have crossed the boundary that lies between Republic and Empire. If you ask when, the answer is that you cannot make a single stroke between day and night. The precise moment does not matter. There was no painted sign to say, "You now are en
The 7 "Blind" men and the US Elephant
Our traditional Thanksgiving column:
It has been three years since I wrote on this subject. Readership of this column has grown substantially since then. Therefore, I am sure many people have not read my sentiments on this topic. So, here is my list of dates that I believe have helped,
Descendants of the Peruvian and Itza Maya Peoples, who gave the Appalachian Mountains their name, still live in the rugged mountains north of the Nacoochee Valley in Georgia. Locals call them the Towns County Indians, Hightower Creek Indians or the C
Freedom Solutions Heard by Millions Every Day
Usually, when we say "American slavery" or the "American slave trade," we mean the American colonies or, later, the United States. But as we discussed in Episode 2 of Slate's History of American Slavery Academy, relative to the entire slave
It's not every day that someone I've known for several years comes to the country of my birth for the first time ever, and I thought his impressions were quite interesting.
Labor Day--what is it? Perhaps not many Americans any longer know, so here is my explanation.