John Quincy Adams stands out as a model for twenty-first-century American politicians because he aimed not to please, but to do the right thing, irrespective of the cost. Continue Reading »
What makes African-American experience unique not only in America but in the world. Continue Reading »
Nineteenth-century America justified anti-Catholicism in the name of religious liberty. Continue Reading »
Southerners and westerners allied in racial politics. Continue Reading »
America has always been selective about whom it lets in. Continue Reading »
Land-mark 19th-century legislation that restricted immigration greatly expanded the Federal government. Continue Reading »
Why North America is less diverse than Latin America. Continue Reading »
Edward J. Larson, a Pepperdine professor of law and history and a Pulitzer Prize winner, fills in six missing years of Washington’s life as a private citizen, from the formal close of the Revolutionary War in 1783 to his inauguration as president in 1789. Continue Reading »
America's patriots wanted more monarchy, not less. Continue Reading »
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