So Academic!“The Impressionists broke with academic traditions in French painting.” . . . “I must say I find all of this somewhat academic.” . . . When I was in co…
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Should a President Refrain from Asserting Executive Privilege?Yes--just ask George Washington.
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Stop Making SenseAre the truths in the Declaration of Independence really self-evident?
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Blood of PatriotsRemoving Jefferson's Statue from the New York City Council Chamber
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Happy [15th-Century European Dude] DayThe Bad History Behind U.S. Celebrations of Columbus
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James Madison and the Debilitating American Tendency to Make Everything about the ConstitutionBeginning in the early 1780’s, and continuing through the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, in 1788, James Madison of Virginia and Alexander Hamil…
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The Problem of Using EvidenceHistory is neither science nor a court case. So what's evidence for?
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Mad Mark Tensions in the first uses of U.S. military force, under General Anthony Wayne, give strange background for General Mark Milley's decision to go around…
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The History Wars, Part Deux: Was Declaring Independence Even Important? With Reflections on the Professorial Death Match in a Steel Cage
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The U.S. Senate as a Bad IdeaKvetching about the Constitution--on Labor Day
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Alexander Hamilton and Lighthorse Harry Lee on Insider TradingI’ve just come across a hilarious exchange (hilarious to the likes of me), on the subject of insider trading, between Alexander Hamilton, recently appo…
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Courthouse War Memorial, Defiance County, Ohio, 2014Note: audio starts with "play.”
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