The Donald Trump of Texas
Friday A/V Club: Pappy O'Daniel prepares to be sworn in.
History
When the British Interfered in American Elections
Lessons for the debate over Trump and Russia
The Peace Prize Winner Who Waged War
In 2009, Barack Obama acknowledged that the Nobel Peace Prize honor was aspirational. In 2017, it still is.
There Was More Than One Christmas Truce
Officers tried to stop the Christmas Truce of 1914 from recurring, but they didn't always succeed.
Turkey: The Dangers of Historical Analogy
"History provides lessons for the present, not spoilers for the future."
Bloodthirsty Mickey Mouse Attacks Innocent Children
Friday A/V Club: Japanese propagandists do Disney.
The PizzaGate Gunman's Paranoid Rescue Fantasy Comes from a Long American Tradition
And that tradition hasn't been confined to the fringe.
HBO Documentaries Illuminate Castro's Brutal Cuba
Two offerings coincide with strongman's death.
Robert Ford Killed Jesse James—Or At Least That's What They Want You to Believe
Friday A/V Club: Jesse James trutherism
When Fidel Castro Went on The Tonight Show and The Ed Sullivan Show
There was a time when many Americans perceived Cuba's late leader as a hero.
Thanksgiving Tragedy
Property rights saved the Pilgrims from starvation; a lack of property rights keeps Indians in poverty today.
'Fake News' Is Easier to Trace and Debunk Than Ever Before
From Al Smith and Eleanor Roosevelt to Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump
Hogwarts in America
In Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, J.K. Rowling crosses the Atlantic and makes a hash of North American history and culture.
Could Trump Lose the Way Gore Lost?
Electoral College math makes victory a challenge.
The 2016 Election As Told By Victorian Political Memes
Swap "social justice warriors" for "suffragettes" and these early 20th-century memes could be clogging up a Twitter timeline near you.
Shrink the Supreme Court?
A GOP proposal to deny Clinton's appointment choices may backfire.
Future Nobel Laureate Warns: The Antichrist Is Coming!
Friday A/V Club: The Devil and Bob Dylan
The Haunted House That Guns Built
Did a marketing campaign trick Americans into loving firearms?
America's Other World War II Internment Camps
The legacy of the German and Japanese prisoners held hostage
Mexico Needs Independence From the Cronies Who Hold Its Economy Back
The aristocrats who rebelled against Spain to maintain their high standing in Mexican society never really went away.
Today in History: Socialist Eugene Debs Sentenced to Prison for Giving Anti-War Speech
In case in which the government and the courts rejected the First Amendment.
Anarchy, Swamp, and Utopia
Archeologists offer a new look at a secretive settlement of runaway slaves.
The Executive Branch Doesn't Need a New Ornament
If the president had a Council of Historical Advisers, what would it tell him about the idea of creating a "Council of Historical Advisers"?
One Candidate Had a Foreign Policy That Anticipated Trump's
From George Wallace to Donald Trump
Frederick Douglass on Capitalism, Slavery, and the 'Arrant Nonsense' of Socialism
Understanding the political philosophy of the abolitionist leader.
Alcohol Prohibition Was a Dress Rehearsal for the War on Drugs
Harvard historian Lisa McGirr on how our national ban on booze never really ended.
Alaska's Love Affair with Third Parties
Few states are as open to alternative candidates as Alaska.
Friday A/V Club: When the Governor Has a Libertarian Side
The Maryland governor who defied Prohibition, and the Utah governor who wouldn't pay his income tax
"The Alternative To Innovation Is Not Stability. It's Stagnation."
Fred Smith of the Competitive Enterprise Institute & Center for the Advancement of Capitalism wants business owners to champion free markets better.
Is This the Least Appealing Concept Album Ever?
Joe Lieberman reads JFK and Glenn Close pretends to be Asian on a new jazz and politics concept album.
When the Russians Played the Olympic Villain For a Lot More Than Just Doping
1956's "Blood in the Water" match between Hungary and the Soviet Union brought war to the pool.
Gadsden Goes Safe Space: Twitter Offers Kinder, Gentler Versions of Iconic Flag
These Gadsden flag alternatives offer cuddlier featured creatures and more polite requests to be left alone.
Friday A/V Club: What We Left at the World's Fair
John Crowley and Jason Robards look back at a festival of social planning.
Cotton, Coercion, and Capitalism
A sweeping history aims to change the way we think about the origins of capitalism.
Friday A/V Club: The Terror Wave of the '70s
Before you go rushing off to declare we're in a civil war...
The Hillbilly Epidemiologists
Before the medical professionals figured out what was causing an outbreak, country and blues musicians were on the case.
