Ken Burns has come in for some deserved criticism for pushing the line, in his new documentary on the American Revolution, that the Founding Fathers got their ideas about confederative government from ...

The U.S. is a racist hell-hole where white Americans oppress black Americans and should be engaged full-time in mea culpas. Donald Trump is the head racist and Al Sharpton (dial 1-800-HUSTLE) is a ...

Separating historical reality from ideological mythmaking about Native America.

But there is more to this celebration — this annual ritual — than just “turkey and dressing.” Thanksgiving is commonly known as a way to commemorate the colonial Pilgrims’ harvest meal in 1621, which ...

The $25,572 payment to insurers is actually wages earned by the employee but not given to the employee. This is a holdover from a wage freeze accommodation enacted during World War II that was never ...

The Constitution doesn’t guarantee national unity. It guarantees something better: a system that channels conflict without destroying liberty. As Wood notes, democracy can be volatile. The Founders ...

These 10 never have a chance for longevity. They live only about 12 weeks before their dénouement with the Amish lady. Incidentally, her name is “Fannie,” and she greets the chickens by declaring in a ...