American History

A Tale of Two Faith-Based Initiatives

Chris Rodda | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics


Chris Rodda

Nothing short of a constitutional amendment will ever make any other legislation or executive order allowing faith-based employment discrimination in federally funded programs legal.

David Broder's Twisted 4th of July

Leonce Gaiter | Posted 07.03.2008 | Home


Leonce Gaiter

We have yet to arrive at the point where we can teach our history in full -- warts and all. Studying "the bonds we share with our fellow citizens" demands we study where and why those bonds have broken down.

Barack Obama, Race, and the Message of Change

Martin Carnoy | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics


Martin Carnoy

Anyone who is the least bit candid on this issue knows that race permeates many aspects of American society. Why wouldn't the race issue pervade the election of a black presidential nominee?

Ask not why words matter, ask when they mattered most

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

Words do matter and few presidents knew this better than JFK (who of course also understood that rhetorical power has its limits). How JFK came up wi...

It Wasn't About Democracy, Stupid!

Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics


Kenneth C. Davis

All this talk about bitter, rural voters getting their guns takes me back to another moment in America when the farmers were raising less corn and mor...

OK, Hillary, Let's Talk About Plagiarism

James Heffernan | Posted 02.22.2008 | Politics


James Heffernan

Anyone who thinks that words have played no part in the building of this nation -- that they were not just as vital as all the blood shed by its soldiers -- simply does not know its history.

The Progressive Case For WASP Studies

Walter Russell Mead | Posted 11.27.2007 | Politics


Walter Russell Mead

It may sound paradoxical, but WASP studies remains the essential study today for those who want to advance the concepts of liberty and equality in American politics.


 

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