American History

While other media outlets focused on the historic reelection of Donald Trump, the thrill of victory, and the agony of defeat, The Hill offered its readers a summary of what the president-elect has said he intends to do on Day One. This…

During the “recent unpleasantness” of 2021, I was lucky enough to live in a state whose shelter-in-place directives were not as severe as others. Already being someone not accustomed to sitting around, I began to take road or bike trips by…

Speaking before a sold-out crowd at Milwaukee’s Oriental Theater this past Sunday, actor Ethan Hawke offered a cautious warning to his audience: “Beware when you throw away your geniuses, they have much to teach us.” Hawke is currently on a…

Corporate media recently took old smears about a Revolutionary War-era flag and applied them to Justice Samuel Alito after his wife allegedly displayed the “provocative” symbol in front of his home. The meaning behind the “An Appeal To…

As protests erupted on college campuses across the country, many of them turning violent, videos of the demonstrations went viral on social media showing they were not merely “pro-Palestinian,” but blatantly anti-American. At the University…

As the world’s oldest continually functioning constitutional republic, few things are unprecedented in American politics. Even the pending rematch between Donald Trump and Joe Biden, while a first within recent memory, has happened several…

The following is adapted from the book Lessons in Liberty: Thirty Rules for Living from Ten Extraordinary Americans. Happy 273rd birthday to James Madison, the most egregiously underappreciated, sadly uncelebrated, and unfairly unsung…

Another wave of Daughters of the American Revolution members is contemplating leaving the national genealogical society after it doubled down on allowing men to infiltrate the formerly all-female organization. National Society Daughters of…

Feb. 12 is Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. That was the reason why Paul Whiteman decided to hold a concert that day in 1924. Paul Whiteman was the King of Jazz, and he was a king with a vision: to meld an orchestral approach with the burgeoning…

Why do we celebrate a holiday honoring a man who was jailed 29 times and ultimately assassinated? What lessons can we learn from Martin Luther King, Jr. and from American society, much of which seems to have forgotten the contributions that…