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President Trump’s Speechwriters Might Want to Re-examine Andrew Jackson’s Inaugural Address

by Laurence Jurdem

Jackson did not talk the way Trump does.

Huddled Masses–Keep Out!

by Bob Buzzanco

Not since I had to remember and recite “The New Colossus” in elementary school have I seen so many references to Emma Lazarus’s poem on the Statue of Liberty as in the past week.

Why Indiana Is Feeling Plucky Again!

by Jeff Tenuth

With Pence’s ascension, it’s back where the action is – and that’s where it was for a long long time.

Trump Isn’t the First Entrepreneur to Become President

by Joe Carlen

Indeed, he’s just the latest in a long-line of entrepreneur politicians going back to ancient times.

Remember John Tower

by Samuel J. Abrams

Presidents don’t always get their way.

What Was Missing from Trump’s Inaugural Address?

by John Fea

A sense of history.

Lincoln Viewed the Civil War as a Struggle for Majority Rule. Today a Minority Governs.

by Jeremy Tewell

Is this democracy?

Hillary’s Troubled Soul

by Thomas Fleming

Did her relationship with Bill sap her campaign?

What Democrats Should Do: Gil Troy vs. Fedja Buric

These two historians have vastly different recommendations for Democrats.

Dear Democrats: Obstruct Now, March Later

by Fedja Buric

That’s the lesson from history.

Voters Are Glum. Here’s One Way to Change that.

by Bruce W. Dearstyne

Two 1960 initiatives suggest we need to renew America’s purpose – and how we can do it.

From Start to Finish Obama Was Always Consistent

by Walter G. Moss

But that wasn't always a virtue. 

Emotional Politics Won the 2016 Election

by Jeremy C. Young

It’s easy for Democrats to criticize Trump as a demagogue or his voters as unreasoning dupes. In truth, however, American democracy has never operated primarily on the basis of reasoned debate.

Trump Faced Long Odds Winning the White House, but …

by Ronald L. Feinman

So did every president since 1901.

Putin’s Playing an Old Game

by James Stejskal

They even have a name for it in Russia: Kompromat.

Artists Haven’t Been This Outraged by a President Since LBJ

by Robert Cohen  

They’re furious with Trump and showing it.

What Would MLK Make of Donald Trump?

by Daniel Thomas Fleming

In every imaginable comparison they are polar opposites.

The One Book We Can Be Pretty Sure Donald Trump Will Quote When He Is Sworn in as President

by Jason von Ehrenkrook

Hint: It is his favorite book (or so he claimed).

Why We Need a Crash Course in the 25th Amendment

by Ronald L. Feinman

With Trump in the White House we face the possibility that the president will prove so incompetent he needs to be replaced.

Reagan Would Not Think Kindly of Trump’s Assault on the Intelligence Community

by Laurence Jurdem

Reagan revered the CIA.