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The Lesson I Learned about Patriotism by Reading a University President’s Diary

by Bob Miller

In this time of angst the diary of this Greatest Generation American is inspiring.

A Personal Tribute to Gwen Ifill

by Arica L. Coleman

The torchbearer and trailblazer of American journalism.

2016 Election Earthquake: Ten Expected Surprises

by Paul Croce

#1 Lesson: Class still matters.

The Striking Parallels Between Our Time and the Late 19th Century

by Bruce W. Dearstyne

What unites them? The search for order.

SNL’s Shakespearean Moment

by Samuel Joeckel

Kate McKinnon’s unexpectedly profound interpretation of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah.”

Can Republicans and Democrats Treat Each Other with Respect?

by Jonathan W. White

It’s what Lincoln recommended.

The Loser Takes It All

by Adam Burns

The Electoral College strikes again.

Meditations of an Old Historian on the Late Election

by Bernard A. Weisberger

1948 and 1970 marked the triumph of progressivism more or less in the first half of the twentieth century, and its cold-blooded murder from 1980 onward.

The Grim, Awful Vision of the City of the Future

by Carl Abbott

For many writers and artists the city of tomorrow has been a city of desperation and chaos.

Stop Extreme Fawning over the Founding Fathers Already

by Leslie Kitchen

Either we change or we let the death rattle begin.

There’s No Reason for Keeping the Electoral College

by George C. Edwards III

Understanding the haphazard foundations of the Electoral College is the critical first step on the road to reforming the system.

Don’t Blame Hillary Clinton

by Allan J. Lichtman

The historian who predicted Trump’s victory says Democrats need to revamp their party by adopting Bernie Sanders’s approach (but not on trade).

Use Electoral College as Founders Intended

by Robert S. McElvaine

The Founding Fathers created the Electoral College for precisely the purpose of preventing someone like Donald Trump from becoming president.

Three Presidents-Elect We almost Lost: Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy

by Ronald L. Feinman

With the election of Donald Trump, who has very high unfavorability ratings, the danger of an assassination attempt cannot be discounted.

Voters Generally Get What They Vote for. Here’s What that Means Now.

by Gerhard L. Weinberg

After the 1920 election, this country stopped the earth and got off. We’re likely to do that again in a couple of key ways.

The Day After Failing to Make History

by Alex Penler

One day there will be a little girl who will grow up to be President of the United States and one day she'll be the one in the Smithsonian's presidency exhibit.

The False Claims About History Made by the People Who Seized the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge Headquarters

by William G Robbins

Even their lawyer got the history wrong.

In This Moment of Distress, California Offers Us Hope 

by Samuel J. Abrams

It’s less polarized today than it was in the 1960s. 

When Is Someone Dead?

by Robert M. Veatch and Lainie F. Ross

Since the 1950s that’s become a hotly contested question.

Democracy Requires Critical Thinking. By This Test, We’re Failing.

by Daniel Noah Moses

That’s the lesson of both this election and international politics.