Disillusioned Revolutionaries: Many Founders Died in Despair About the American Experiment

Judge Ross Lacked Any Remorse, and The Chief Judge of the Eleventh Circuit Gave Her One Too Many Chances To Correct The Record

The Keeper of American Memory

The Oral Literature of the American People

Review: The Lesser-Known Texts That Shaped the American Revolution

The ‘Broken Veteran’ Excuse

Children’s literature used to get reviewed in serious outlets. That’s stopped — and has that turned the genre to “crud”?

The White House UFC Fight Is the Perfect Event for the Present, Not the Past

Two Potential Upcoming Canadian Secession Referenda and the Broader Issues they Raise

Poem by Jim Culleny

Goblin Sharks Caught on Camera in Their Natural Habitat for the First Time

The Pentagon's New War - Canceling American Religion and American History

“I said I would do it before I die.” At 90, the esteemed American historian Gordon Wood turned to Proust

American Christians Face a Choice

As American as the Forward Pass

Why So Many People Feel Lost

Gordon Wood's Enduring Defense of the American Revolution

Peter Hujar and Paul Thek shaped Manhattan's art scene. They died before anyone fully understood what they'd made

Myriam Heiman named director of The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory

274 Years Ago Today, Benjamin Franklin Flew a Kite

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