As a yardstick of Presidential accomplishment, the "First 100 Days" is surely a faulty measure. Lincoln's first one hundred days were miserable, and included the beginning of the Civil War.
Anita Thompson | Posted 05.28.2009 | Business
Charles Ponzi swindled the working poor. Bernie Madoff swindled the Uber Rich -- the ones in-the-know. Well, apparently not so in-the-know.
Hermene Hartman | Posted 05.03.2009 | Chicago
While most scholars are content with conducting research, writing and lecturing, Franklin was quite the activist. He didn't just write about history, he lived it.
Chris Rodda | Posted 04.25.2009 | Politics
Rather than just write about the lies evangelical David Barton told about me on his show, I decided to make a little video with iMovie.
Kit Gallant | Posted 02.19.2009 | Politics
King argued that it was the distorted state of the most fundamental conception of American political and social economy that was, in and of itself, responsible for social and economic injustice.
Stefan Deeran | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
This editorial originally appeared in The Exception Magazine. (http://exceptionmag.com/) George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States of Ameri...
Stephen Herrington | Posted 02.13.2009 | Living
Back then a typical Republican was to the left of the Clintons. Nixon was a transition. It took Reagan to really define the world in which we now live, in which merit is no longer of value.
Louise Mirrer | Posted 02.13.2009 | Politics
But what does "American greatness" require of us? View of the Yosemite Valley offers at least two answers.
Brad Listi | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business
We are now many months into a deep and ugly recession of genuine historical importance, and to the best of my knowledge, no official moniker has yet emerged. Let's choose one.
Brad Listi | Posted 02.09.2009 | Politics
Back in the old days, the White House was wide open. Citizens could enter freely -- much like they enter, say, the post office or the local police station in modern times.
Steve Kettmann | Posted 02.07.2009 | Politics
It wasn't quite like the night at Camden Yards when Cal Ripken became baseball's Iron Man but Byrd nonetheless reached a similarly untouchable milestone yesterday.
Erica Heller | Posted 12.16.2008 | Style
Hetty Green was the world's richest woman, but also earned the nickname of the "Witch of Wall Street," with her severe Quaker clothing and staggering thriftiness.
Gary Cohan | Posted 12.06.2008 | Politics
Civil rights are not won in the war zone of national elections or State referenda but, rather, in a series of small but important evolutionary steps.
Kit Gallant | Posted 12.05.2008 | Politics
November 4th is defined by its potential. It is a truly momentous occasion in three ways. 1. As a young American who voted in a presidential election...
Jim Noles | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
Next week, the long-awaited Hawaii state quarter will jingle and jangle into hands, pockets, and coin purses across the United States.
Darryle Pollack | Posted 12.04.2008 | Politics
I am old enough to remember when Alaska and Hawaii were added, as the 49th and 50th states (and also old enough to forget which is which).
Kit Gallant | Posted 12.01.2008 | Politics
I have absolutely no desire to join the clubs of the hyperbolic. That said, I think it is reasonable to assume that the presidential election on Tuesd...
Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 10.29.2008 | Politics
One of the primary Republican attacks against Barack Obama has been that there's not much more to him than being a good speech maker. They're wrong. B...
Danielle Crittenden | Posted 08.02.2008 | Living
I went over and examined a rectangular pile of bricks. A hole above it indicated previous owners had eventually installed some sort of coal or wood-burning oven in front of it. Renovating. Just like us.
Chris Rodda | Posted 07.19.2008 | Politics
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.
Leonce Gaiter | Posted 07.11.2008 | Home
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.
Martin Carnoy | Posted 06.12.2008 | Politics
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?
Kenneth C. Davis | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics