There comes a time for every president when they must face the inevitable reality that they are out of a job. What do most of these...
Going to bed on election night it looked as if President Trump might win the election. But as the mail-in votes started being counted the next...
“In this historic election.” How many times have you heard this over the past two weeks? In truth, there are some historic elements. This election had...
With the election this week, I want to address an issue I have heard from both sides but which has been much more prominent with Joe...
As if 2020 has not been bad enough, with just a few weeks before the presidential election, the beloved Supreme Court justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg passed...
The death of Breonna Taylor is tragic. The argument has been made for many of the recent shootings that if the victims had not broken the...
It is often said that words matter. Historically speaking, this is often seen by using a particular word to connect to the past. The Whig Party...
One question I like to ask my students is who are the greatest American presidents? After I gather the list of usual suspects, I then ask...
Now that the national conventions are over, it is time for the Republicans to comment on the number of Hollywood celebrities who spoke and performed at...
Today I read a post about an article from Fortune magazine that lists 19 Black economists to know and celebrate. I think it is great that...
There are many sayings about revolutions, but my favorite is simply, “Revolutions are messy.” This seems to sum up the majority of the world’s revolutions, despite...
I study history because I think we can benefit from learning from mistakes of those before us. Why make mistakes that others have already made? It...
This week I do not have a clever opening. America is in pain and especially our black brothers and sisters. This is an understandable pain, especially...
Today, it seems that the worst possible label you can give a political leader is “fascist.” Traditionally this is a term reserved for far right leaders...
With the shutdown of everything non-essential and social distancing becoming the new normal, one area of concern is voting. At the very heart of our democracy...
As I was driving home from my office this week and listening to talk radio, the host kept talking about how if everyone took 50 milligrams...
It is interesting that, with all the advancements today in weaponry and defense, the thing that kills the most people is natural and too small to...
Theodore Roosevelt’s 1904 presidential address to Congress is famous for bringing us the Roosevelt Corollary, which warned European nations from involving themselves in the affairs of...
If you are watching more TV than normal, then you may be seeing ads for FX’s upcoming miniseries called “Mrs. America.” The show is about Phyllis...
There has been a lot of criticism over the President’s use of the term “Chinese virus” and rightfully so. Names have not always been an accurate...
A recent incident at the University of Oklahoma should have all people concerned, but for more reasons than you may think. A journalism professor made the...
I recently wrote an article for his column about a lesser known influence on the Founding Fathers, a man named James Harrington. I think, with the...
Watching the Senate hearings over the past weeks I am happy to see historical arguments being made by both sides. As I have said, the Constitution...
My last article dealt with the growing crisis with Iran and the history of American presidents using missile attacks on their enemies. Based on those acts,...
If anyone was hoping for a calmer more peaceful decade, then surely by now they are disappointed. With just a few days into 2020, the major...
Christmas is the time of year when everyone seems a little happier and are a little nicer to each other. It is when we look forward...
As surprising as this may sound, presidents behaving badly is not new. President Trump is just the latest. Politicians have been skirting the law since the...
Is impeachment a political process, or is it a legal proceeding? This is not solely an academic question. At this moment in our Nation’s history,...
For me, Heaven will not be Heaven unless there is a history symposium at least once a week. For this week’s symposium they are going...
The men who gathered in that blistering humid room in Philadelphia in 1787 to create our governing document did not represent a cross section of the...