It’s all Watergate, man! Bob Woodward on Morning Joe recently continues to parlay his...
Category - History
That’s Not A Cover Up
There was no cover up at the ‘highest levels’ over the Benghazi consulate bombing...
Thom Hartmann On Gun Insurance
The idea of gun buyers having to purchase insurance for their gun(s)has been floated for quite some...
The President Did WHAT?!
As a presidential historian, I love this stuff. Via Buzzfeed, some shocking facts about U.S...
The Jetsons At 50 Is A Wrap
It’s a wrap. Matt Novak started the project, “50 Years Of The Jetsons: Why The Show...
Women’s History Month
Today marks the last day of Women’s History Month, and it’s important to remember that...
The First Drone Ever
Via Katrina vandenHuevel: The drones now snooping over Afghanistan have a longer history than you...
Jeb Bush: Historian Of The Future!
Jeb Bush is making the rounds today, pushing his book, “Immigration Wars: Forging An American...
Supreme Court Set to Resurrect Jim Crow
My Thursday column: In early March of 1857, the Roger B. Taney Supreme Court handed down its...
Flashback To The Bush Administration’s Obsession With Bombing Al Jazeera
It’s been some years since the Bad Old Days of the Bush administration’s war on...
Dick Cheney Is Not Impressed
In a speech to the Wyoming GOP on Saturday, former Vice President Dick Cheney voiced some ominous...
U.S. Citizens as Enemy Combatants in World War II
This popped up in my Twitter feed via Driftglass: There were some US citizens who were members of...
History in the Making
If you're a presidential history nerd, or just a history nerd in general, this is pretty amazing...
President Kennedy’s American University Address
President Anderson, members of the faculty, board of trustees, distinguished guests, my old...
The Bully Pulpit
Just a brief reminder as we enter the second Obama presidential term. The Teddy Roosevelt phrase...
Change
It's a new era in American politics: "The incoming Senate will have four times as many female...
Director’s Cut of ‘Lincoln’ from SNL
Written by Seth Meyers who nailed the tone and style of Louie.
Hunter S. Thompson on George McGovern…
...and George McGovern on Hunter S. Thompson. I always considered McGovern a well-meaning by...
Thirteen Days
Thankfully, the full movie featuring the great Bruce Greenwood as President Kennedy is on YouTube...
Best Movie of the Year (So Far)
ARGO was incredible on so many levels. Generally when I see a great movie, I endeavor to find a...
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