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April 1, 2016

Abraham Lincoln vs. the Republican Party

by John C. Waugh

Lincoln’s Republican party has dramatically changed since it was his. If there is a Trump as its presidential nominee in 2016, would Lincoln still be in it?

April 17, 2016

Trump’s Misguided and Empty Promise of Protectionism Dovetails with His Appeal to Isolationism

by Christopher McKnight Nichols

It’s an old formula. It should be resisted.

April 24, 2016

Is Donald Trump the Most Dangerous Presidential Candidate in American History?

by Ronald L. Feinman

Of course, he has a lot of competition for the title: Huey Long, Strom Thurmond, George Wallace, and others. But still.

April 3, 2016

Does the GOP Have a Moral Obligation to Nominate Trump just Because He’s the Front Runner?

by Ronald L. Feinman

History suggests the answer is no.

May 1, 2016

Would a Republican President Dare to Dismantle Obamacare?

by Daniel E. Dawes

It’s not inconceivable. And it wouldn’t be the first time a party overturned a law that helped millions.

April 3, 2016

This Year’s Reminding Me a Lot of 1968. That’s Scary.

by Ron Briley

If we are not careful we may reap a whirlwind more threatening to American democracy than the 1968 winter of discontent.

March 17, 2016

Just How Historic Is this Election? This Historic.

by Robert Rupp

Only twice in the last 160 years has an outsider threatened to take over a major party and this time it is someone with no political experience.

March 27, 2016

The Sadly Uncontroversial First Black Superhero in a Comic Book

by Patrick Hamilton and Allan Austin

It was Marvel’s Black Panther. We need a different black superhero today.

March 15, 2016

Harvard: We Are Watching

by Pearl Duncan

What truthful historical image will the Law School embrace to replace the old discredited seal?

March 10, 2016

What Does Hillary’s Vote in Favor of the Iraq War Really Signify?

by Robert Brent Toplin

What happens when we put her vote in historical context is that the case against her judgment looks considerably weaker.

March 14, 2016

The Trillion Dollar Question the Media Have Neglected to Ask Presidential Candidates

by Lawrence S. Wittner

Isn’t it rather odd that America’s largest single public expenditure scheduled for the coming decades has received no attention in the 2015-2016 presidential debates?

March 20, 2016

The Disturbing Parallels Between Donald Trump and Andrew Jackson

by Matthew Mason

But one vital difference may make all the difference between 1828 and 2016.

March 13, 2016

Trumpism Is a Sign that Faith in the American Civil Religion May Be Collapsing

by Ed Simon

That Donald Trump has some opinions less noxious than Ted Cruz doesn’t change the more pertinent fact of Trump’s demagoguery and authoritarianism – and that should worry us all.