For many, the Gilded Age (1877-1900) is the most boring part of political history. All the presidents were bearded white men from New York or Ohio...
An amendment meant to keep ex-Confederates from holding office after the Civil War is once again coming into play as Colorado and Maine announced that former...
When I was in college back in the 1990s, I like so many other students began getting my political commentary Monday through Thursday nights on Comedy...
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press;...
By the 1850s America was in the middle of the Second American Party System of Democrats and Whigs. The two equally strong parties had members in...
In grad school, one of the hardest parts of studying the Israel/Palestine issue was trying to understand who led the Palestinians. It reminds me of...
Love him or hate him, Andrew Jackson is undoubtably one of the most influential and important presidents in American history. Jackson’s presidential victory in 1828 ushered...
There are certain days in our nation’s history that are simply more important than others. These days tend to be ones that have changed our nation...
On the morning of Oct 7, the nation of Israel was attacked by rocket fire coming from the Gaza Strip in southern Israel. The missile attacks...
While the writers’ strike in Hollywood has captured the nation’s attention out of fear that our favorite shows might be delayed, a potentially more important strike...
While political parties officially started under the George Washington administration with the introduction of Alexander Hamilton’s economic plan, they really took root when Washington stepped...
New songs stirring the pot and getting people worked up is nothing new, but ever so often, a song comes out that stirs the pot...
Once again, news coverage is swamped with allegations of Trump’s criminal activities. This time, he is accused of trying to overthrow the last election and retain...
In 1968, the incumbent president Lyndon B. Johnson seemed a shoo-in as the Democratic candidate for president. Even with falling approval ratings, he was strong enough...
This time he is accused of trying to overthrow the last election and retain power. If true, then it is a serious attack on the...
An incident happened last month at Stanford University that has unfortunately become all too common across college campuses. This particular incident occurred when Judge Kyle...
In December 2022, outgoing Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor dropped a bombshell opinion that, if upheld by the courts, has the potential to change education...
A few weeks ago saw the indictment and guilty plea of Hunter Biden, son of President Joseph Biden, on two counts of misdemeanor tax evasion....
This semester as I am teaching a class on the Cold War, it seems as if the major comparison we are discussing is the war in...
Twitter has been an ongoing story since the Trump presidency and ramped up even more when Twitter suspended Trump’s account after the events of Jan 6,...
For only the second time in 57 years, A Charlie Brown Christmas – the most beloved of all animated Christmas specials – will not air on...
With all that is going on in our nation, it is understandable if you have not been paying attention to what is going on in Iran....
This article does not fit in with my traditional column, yet it does have a historical component and my editor felt that my Historically Speaking readers...
An article came out this week from conservative writer George Will in the Washington Post that called for President Joe Biden and V.P. Kamala Harris not...
With the midterms approaching, it is finally time for the American people to voice their opinion of the Biden presidency, or so we are being told....
As I said in my last article, few decisions have been as controversial as the recent overturn of Roe v. Wade. As such, I could not...
Few court cases have been as controversial in the United States as 1973’s Roe v. Wade decision. It has become one of the major touchstones in...
As I am sitting on my balcony of a boat traveling down the Mosel River in Germany, passing picturesque villages founded before Christopher Columbus was even...
Every year in May a colleague and I take about a dozen students on some type of weeklong outdoor experience. In the past we have done...
Three years ago, I wrote an article about religious intolerance. My premise was that America had actually never been that religiously tolerant, that today religion, Christianity...