The Conflict Over History0

• Politics, History
• May 23, 2023

A recent report of the National Assessment of Educational Progress revealed a dramatic fall in history test scores among eighth graders. Given all the discussions and concerns about the health of our democracy, the decline of historical knowledge among young …

In Mao’s China, They Even Monitored Talking in Your Sleep1

• Politics, History
• May 18, 2023

When the recently deceased Canadian folk singer Gordon Lightfoot sang, “I heard you talking in your sleep… from your lips there came that secret I was not supposed to know,” he was talking about marital infidelity.

Not long after …

How the Media Became the Pentagon’s Plumbers1

• Politics, History
• May 11, 2023

What Thomas Jefferson Meant by ‘The Pursuit of Happiness’4

• Politics, History
• March 2, 2023

The idea of the “pursuit of happiness” is in our societal DNA. Yet, this “unalienable right,” immortalized in the Declaration of Independence, has often puzzled people. What exactly did Jefferson mean?

Most people think of happiness as feeling good, but …

Why Reparations Make No Sense14

• Politics, History
• January 13, 2023

Among many tell-tale signs of the tectonic fissures dividing the nation, perhaps the most telling is the call by prominent Democrats and others for reparations. A recent proposal by California governor Gavin Newsom calling for reparation payments of a potential …