The Greatest Tradition of All
Apart from the Declaration and Constitution, there is perhaps no more essentially American document than Thomas Paine’s revolutionary pamphlet ‘Common Sense.’
Matt Johnson
· 8 min read
US History
A collection of 8 posts
Promises Made and (Eventually) Kept
The Declaration of Independence at 250.
Michael M. Rosen
· 8 min read
Working for the Company
The modern CIA is everything its enemies and friends say it is—by turns heroic, villainous, duplicitous, servile, and frequently ineffective.
Ron Capshaw
· 9 min read
Too Much Monkey Business
The questions at the centre of the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial are still contested today.
Graham Daseler
· 21 min read
Jimmy Carter: Human Rights Champion
When we examine the entirety of his long life, we see that Jimmy Carter was among the very best of us.
Jamie Paul
· 7 min read
Donald Trump and the Great Man Theory of History
As with Napoleon Bonaparte, one cannot confidently state that if Trump had never been born, someone like him would have done what he did.
Jason Garshfield
· 10 min read
American Assassinations
Four deaths, two critical injuries, and three hairbreadth escapes. Not the best odds in a field of 46 presidents, so when one dodges a bullet, we’ve all been lucky.
Thomas Doherty
· 10 min read
Columbus Day: A Fraught Celebration
The world is better than it would have been had we remained isolated from each other—even for Native Americans.
Christopher J. Ferguson
· 7 min read