Revisionist History

Which King Stands on the Mall?

Michael W. Waters | Posted 12.22.2011

Michael W. Waters

I cannot help but to wonder, which King now stands enshrined on the mall? For our answer to this question speaks not only to who we consider ourselves to be as a nation, but also to who we have made Dr. King to be, and what we consider to be his enduring legacy.

Why I Got Fired From Teaching American History

Thaddeus Russell | Posted 05.25.2011

Thaddeus Russell

I was raised by pot-smoking, nudist, socialist revolutionaries as an egghead white boy in black neighborhoods in Berkeley and Oakland.

Deep in the Heart of Textbooks

Daniel Cluchey | Posted 05.25.2011

Daniel Cluchey

Turning public school social studies classes into unabashed propaganda sessions goes beyond mere political ugliness. It is craven. It is foolish. It is madness.

Texas School Board

Jeff Danziger | Posted 05.25.2011

Jeff Danziger

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Contingency Plans For Revised Edition of "A Happier History of America" by Rudy Giuliani

David Quigg | Posted 05.25.2011

David Quigg

MEMORANDUM FROM: Rudy Giuliani, NYC mayor on 9/11/01 TO: Revisionist & Sons Publishing Co.

Ashton Kutcher: History's Greatest Monster?

Shaun Casey | Posted 05.25.2011

Shaun Casey

Kutcher is a morally reprehensible ding dong that is ruining your future. He is history's greatest monster. Pass it on. I think that is less than 140 characters

Martha Washington Redux: America's First MILF

Warren Holstein | Posted 05.25.2011

Warren Holstein

Hold on to your hats folks or at least your iPod earbuds, Martha Washington was actually a babe! Also, she avidly consumed Gothic romance novels. Me-ow!

Correcting Bush's Revision of History

Sahil Kapur | Posted 05.25.2011

Sahil Kapur

Seven years later, it continues to elude many that President Bush had the responsibility to protect the country from attacks like 9/11. Still, Republicans tout their national security heroics.

No Revisionist History over Bush Regime

Stefan Deeran | Posted 05.25.2011

Stefan Deeran

This editorial originally appeared in The Exception Magazine. (http://exceptionmag.com/) George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States of Ameri...

The Daily Szep -- Rewriting History -- The Bush Memoirs

Paul Szep | Posted 05.25.2011

Paul Szep

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Bush the Bibliophile

Steven G. Kellman | Posted 05.25.2011

Steven G. Kellman

Whatever their vocation, grownups do not devour books as if they were hot dogs in a speed-eating contest.

Jimmy Carter Should Receive the Truman Legacy Award for His Energy Positions

Byron Williams | Posted 05.25.2011

Byron Williams

America eschewed Carter's clarion call for conservation, opting instead to see itself as a shining city on a hill that required no change in its energy consumption.

Why We Need a People's History of Sports

Dave Zirin | Posted 05.25.2011

Dave Zirin

So much discussion of sports, both its past and present, is about sanding off, beautifying, or simply obliterating anything that might be seen as political.

Freedom of Speech, Satire, and Revisionist History...

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 05.25.2011

Marcia G. Yerman

Walking home on the Upper East Side on Wednesday night, I saw a cluster of ten policemen and two patrol cars. It seemed quite unusual for a quiet block. "What's going on?" I asked.

Neocons Busy Rewriting History On Iraq

Washington Independent | Posted 05.25.2011

Ever since the Rumsfeld era at the Pentagon ended abruptly in the aftermath of the Democratic victory in the 2006 mid-term elections, the civilian haw...