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Having the Run of Traquair House, A Mansion Dating to 1107 and Home of the Stuart Royal Family
Low Income Voters Chose Trump Over Harris
1971: Inflation Led Nixon to Abandon the Gold Standard
In 1979-83, What If FED Chairman Paul Volcker Whipped Inflation Sooner, Later, Or Not At All?
Joseph Campbell on The Power of Myth
A Gift For You + Magical Christmas Memories
Inflation Destabilizes Presidencies and Nations
Gilded Age Movie Echoes In 2025
Syrian Refugees: Personal Connections
Notre Dame Reopens. Syria is Free
Presidential Candidate Horace Greeley Died Before Jan. 6, 1873 Certification
Who's Like the Scots? Not the English!
Scots Vs. Irish, Though Both Are Celtic
Low-Information Swing Voters: Key to Trump's Win? Or Always Instrumental In A Democracy?
The US President Is Now Above The Law
1620: What Was It Really Like Aboard The Mayflower? A Journey Into The Unknown
Post-Election Despair, Euphoria Yield to Reality
Home? A Remote Scottish Island
Scotland, Scottish Americans and the Klan: What Wasn't Emphasized in 'Outlander'
Reflections on 'Titan', the Definitive Biography of John D. Rockefeller
Out of the Mists, Scottish and Irish Ancestors Speak
Assassination Attempt Helped Trump Win the Election
Without Pandemic, Trump Probably Would Have Won the 2020 Election
10 'What If's' of the 2024 Election
We Can't Predict The Future, But Let's Try
Ida Tarbell, One of History’s Best Investigative Reporters in the First Gilded Age
The Unforgettable Audie Murphy: Brave Soldier in WWII, Actor and Songwriter
I Am Out of Wisdom But My Dog Still Has It
WWII: The Fight For Italy Almost Failed in 1943. Anzio in Italy, Forgotten D-Day.
On Veterans Day, Military Recruitment Is Up, But Still A Challenge
Why Did Democrats Lose So Badly?
Shockingly Painful 2024 Election Results
‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Have Long Contributed to Mothering Societies
What If Hillary Clinton Won in 2016?
63% of Americans Would Eliminate Electoral College
Reveling in Halloween Horrors With Literary Masterpieces
Capitalism’s Triumph in the U.S. 1860-1900. Parallels Between Gilded Age Then and Now
Voter Records, Turnout, How Your Neighborhood Votes, Who Gives to Candidates: Data Is All Now Online
Are We Living In A New Gilded Age? 2024 Election Answered That Question
‘Wide Awake: The Forgotten Force that Elected Lincoln and Spurred the Civil War’
Economy, Immigration: Not Trump's Strong Suits
Could Robert Todd Lincoln Have Done More for Pullman Car Porters and Kept His Job?
Visiting Hildene, Home of Robert Todd Lincoln, Abe’s Son
On Weather, Political Bellwethers
Cheneys Shift From Villains of the Left to Heroes
Surviving Disaster Together Trivialized Political Differences
Making History Class Fun, With Laughter, Takes Creativity
How the Vice Presidency Went from Pitiful to Powerful
What If Jimmy Carter and Ted Kennedy Did Not Divide the Democrats in 1980?
Jimmy Carter Turns 100. A Retrospective
Climate-Change Migrants Increase Exponentially. What Can Be Done?
130 Countries Are Growing Faster Than the U.S.
Trump Was A Bigger Socialist In Office Than Obama-Biden-Harris
4 Generations of Rockefellers Inspire
Donald Harris, Kamala’s Father, Was Important Jamaican-American Economist
Kamala's Speech: Young Male Views
The Segregation Myth: Richard Rothstein Debunks an American Lie
Divergent Cultures of GOP, Democratic Conventions
Message Control Or 'Framing' Is Everything
In Raleigh, Harris Offers Economic Plan
If Not For Silly Media ‘Scandal’, Gary Hart Might Have Altered History for the Better
1980: ‘Made for TV Election’ Explored Role of Media in Shaping Public Opinion
Olympics 2024: Women Finally Achieved Parity in Participation
To Collectively Address Problems, Farmers Started Granger Movement
Is Kamala Harris Disrespecting the Free Press Like Trump?
How Media Coverage of U.S. Politics Has Changed Since the 1960s
Why Joe Biden Decided to Drop Out
Republicans Against Trump: Exponential Growth
King Henry VIII Remains A Popular Subject for Movies, Books
‘Bloody Mary’: Catholic Daughter of Catherine of Aragon and Henry VIII, Was A Religious Fanatic
Shardlake: Riveting TV Series and Historical Novel Depicts Scary Times in Henry VIII’s England
Mythology and Archetypes Inform Our Historical Understanding
Looking to Fiction to Explain Current Events, Politics, the Human Condition
Love Requires the Risk of Making a Fool of Oneself
Kamala Harris Rhetorically Annihilates Trump
Joe Biden Drops Out. Historian Jon Meacham Puts Decision, 2024 Election and Democracy in Perspective
Critiquing Convention Pitches to Voters
Spotlight Is On Secret Service's Devastating Failures
All Hail King Trump & J.D. Vance?
Biden's Press Conference and Campaign Appearances Reassure Some Democrats
National History Day Celebrates 50 Years With Half A Million Students Competing
Horatio Alger and the American Dream
How Could So Many Vote For Hitler?
What Happened When These Dictators Took Over?
Can Civics Teacher Persuade Students to Believe in Democracy?
US Democracy Is In Dire Straits
'What To the Slave Is the Fourth of July?'
Voters Are Now Jury in Trump Trials
Trump Supporters See Divine Intervention As The Reason He Won
Biden's Comeback or Swan Song?
Summer 1964: The Most Important Legislation of the 20th Century Passed Congress
Recordings of Formerly Enslaved Individuals Reveal Stark Reality
Americans Mark National Celebration of Juneteenth and Slavery’s End with Much Media Focus
What Precedent Did Gerald Ford Set When He Pardoned Richard Nixon?
Gilded Age: Great Wealth Creation, Excesses of ‘Robber Barons’ Sparked First Progressive Era
2 Books on ‘Tyranny of the Minority’ in the U.S.
Could Progressive Era Be Repressed?
Is American Economic Inequality A Myth? Phil Gramm Thinks So
Startling Statistic On US Income Inequality Shift Since 1981
'When the Sea Came Alive: An Oral History of D-Day'
Native Americans Struggled for U.S. Citizenship, Achieving It Just 100 Years Ago
James Comey's Reassurance That Civil War Is Unlikely
After Trump's Conviction, Threats of Civil War Rose
Will 'Reverse Coattails' Help Harris?
Africa and Asia, Uncolonized, or Decolonized
More Advanced Degrees Than Victims of Famine in Africa
What If Pope Granted Henry VIII’s Divorce?
How To Make Memorial Day Meaningful
Teachable Moments for Gloomy Americans on the U.S. Economy
Trump's Mentor, Mob Lawyer Roy Cohn
Today’s Political Polarization May Harken Back to 1500s: Printing Press, Protestant Reformation
What If…Protestant Reformation Never Happened? Or On A Different Timeline?
Religion & European History: Protestant Reformation in 4 1/2 Minutes
Your Experiences of School Segregation Or Integration?
An Inclusive Rather Than Exclusive Approach to Love, and God
Historian Ken Burns Discusses Religion in American Life With Krista Tippett
Phil Lohre On Teaching In Libya
Teapot Dome: First Major Presidential Scandal, Echoes in Trump's Pledge to Oil Execs
‘Not Exactly Lying: Fake News and Fake Journalism in American History’
U.S. Needs Immigrants To Maintain Global Economic and Political Power
Save One Life, Save the World?
Russian Revolutionary Vladimir Lenin: How His Philosophy, Strategies Live On
1957: Richard Nixon Almost Became President. 1974: Fox News Could Have Protected Him
An American Expat in Egypt & Jordan, So Different From A Decade Ago
Is GOP Sabotaging Itself By Rejecting Bipartisan Immigration Reform?
Anti-Immigrant Sentiment Is Historic
Labor Shortage: Millions of Jobs Go Unfilled. Decline In Immigration Threatens Economic Growth
Migrants Come Because Jobs Are Plentiful. Business interests oppose E-Verify
Avoiding Drift Toward 2nd Civil War
Israeli-Gaza War: How To Stave Off Further Disaster?
Mexican Border 'Crisis': Wedge Issue in 2024 U.S. Election? A Mini-Course
1.8 Million Latinos Were Deported from the US in the 1930s
Pay Less Attention to Polls. Here's a 'Sure-Proof Formula to Predict Presidential Election Results'
Pat Conroy on the Charm of Charleston, SC
Substack Goes Local, Or At Least Statewide
Mini-Course Videos on My YouTube Channel
Trump's Presidential Immunity: Supreme Court Holds Historic Hearing
Passover Reflections on Jewish, Islamic and American History
Is Corruption in Politics Inevitable?
Apocalypse Already Happened, in the Late Middle Ages, and Arguably in the 20th Century
Ignorance of the World Harms National Security
How A Global Mindset Enriches Life
Abortion As Divisive Issue Can End
History of China in 20 Minutes
Chinese Geography and How It Shapes History
Lies, Hyper-Partisanship and Hypocrisy
Conservative WSJ: Trump Is His Own Worst Enemy
‘Slavery By Another Name’ Existed in the U.S. Until the 1970s
What if the Communists Lost the Chinese Civil War?
Mao’s Terrifying Cultural Revolution in China, 1960s-1970s, As Depicted in Netflix Drama
Aging, Choices and Parental Figures' Deaths
On A Spiritual Journey With Dante’s Divine Comedy
Why Are American Men Obsessed With the Roman Empire? Historians Speculate As To Why
Americans Are Taking Over Europe
What Has Happened to Hungary and Viktor Orban?
NATO, Now 75, Has Stabilized Europe
Women's History: Hunger for More
The Birth of Yellow Journalism in the 1890s
'The Longing For Home.' Eden, With A Sense of Place
Historian-Journalist Charlie Clark Lives On
Women's History: What We Weren't Taught
Why Was NC Village of Wagram Named for Austrian Village? French Emperor Napoleon Inspired It
Biden's Memory and Age: No Longer A Major Issue in Campaign
No Country for Old Men? Wilson, Reagan, Biden, and Trump. A Historian’s Take
FDR in 1940, '44 Set Presidential Example for Joe Biden
Ida B. Wells and the Long Crusade to Outlaw Lynching
Malcolm X Is (Finally) Embraced As A Nebraska Native, With A Bust in the State Capitol
Andrew Carnegie and the ‘Gospel of Wealth’
In Selma, Alabama, 1965, My Uncle Mac Secrest Helped Reduce Civil Rights Conflict…Often With Humor
Zenith and Decline of U.S. Influence
Roman Historian Boethius Explained the Fate of Nations and Empires
Henry Luce’s Short American Century Has Ended. Or Has It?
Black History & Cultural Literacy
The Jim Crow Era: A Stain On America’s Past
Best Biographies of Martin Luther King?
6 Films on Black History, 1920s - 1960s
Why Were High-Rise Public Housing Projects Built in the First Place?
Whites-Only Suburbs: How Housing Segregation Is Perpetuated
Racial Segregation and Concentrated Poverty: The History of Housing in Black America
Will Murder of Navalny Strengthen Or Crush Democracy Movement?
Black History: Invitation To A Mini-Course
‘The Great Game’: Case Studies in International Competition and Diplomacy
The Other Great Game: Britain Vs. the US, 1814-1845 and 1846-1914
How America Became A Superpower
A Five-Alarm Fire for Biden and the Dems
Biden Is Just Slightly Ahead of Trump in PA, Wisconsin
Joe Biden Has Fallen Behind Trump In Swing State of Georgia
Hyper-Partisan Media Contributed to the U.S. Civil War
Robert E. Lee: Still An Icon to Some
If the US Civil Rights Movement Failed…
What If MLK Was Not Assassinated?
Learning New Things About Dr. King
We Are the Heirs to Dr. King and 'The Movement'
1/6 Participant Reverses View of Trump
Society's Slender Threads Are Fraying