Alert Tom Cotton: Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower Compact, and the origins of Thanksgiving are just a few of the things Professor Carla Pestana finds in need of historical revision.
Populist and feminist agitator Mary Lease advised farmers to "raise less corn and more hell." Her brand of hell-raising, however, included a strong current of antisemitism that needs to be widely known.
A beguiling, if horrifying, paradox of nuclear deterrence theory is that the credibility of a nuclear threat requires introducing uncertainty into the equation; one party must convince the other that they just might take a mutually destructive action, making the unthinkable possible.
If Joe Biden wants to implement progressive change, he'll be stopped not by a lack of popular support, but by the conservatism built into American institutions.
Sarah Josepha Hale pushed Abraham Lincoln to declare a national Thanksgiving holiday as a day to seek healing and unity. Fighting to end hunger is a way to recommit to the spirit of the holiday.
Two introverted French Lesbian artists conducted a campaign of subversion against the Nazis occupying the Island of Jersey that a trial judge called "more dangerous than soldiers." A new book explains how.
After a patient count, Joe Biden has claimed victory, and fears that late-arriving military absentee ballots could be subject to litigation that might decide the election have receded. This is fortunate, because history shows parties won't hesitate to interfere with the military vote for political advantage.
"Hellenistic" Athens may not shine as brightly as Classical Athens, but it has lived unfairly in the shadow of its famous predecessor. It's time it emerged from that shadow.
Woman buried with heavy bronze jewelry found in in SiberiaThe remains of a woman buried with a rich array of heavy bronze jewelry have been unearthed in what is now the Republic of Khakassia, southern Siberia. The intact grave was discovered in the Askiz-17 burial ground and d…Read More
Woman buried with heavy bronze jewelry found in in SiberiaThe remains of a woman buried with a rich array of heavy bronze jewelry have been unearthed in what is now the Republic of Khakassia, southern Siberia. The intact grave was discovered in the Askiz-17 burial ground and d…Read More
Birthdays in History
The Birthday Cake, Pancraz Koerle, 1875, private collection
Susan here. September is a busy birthday month in our family, with birthdays from the first week through the last week (and into October) - lots of Virgos and…Read More
Teaching "All Men are Created Equal" (Part II)
Pulling Down the Statue of King George III, N.Y.C., Johannes Adam Simon Oertel ca. 1859, depicts the destruction of a statue of the monarch in the wake of the reading of the Declaration of Independence, 1776.
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