From the perspective of 2017, a hundred years ago seems might as well be the medieval age. Technology, globalization, medical science, really everything, has so permanently changed the way we all live that there seems to be little resemblance to… Read More ›
World War I
The Two Faces of World War I: Before The Fighting & After
No matter how empathetic a person may be who pauses today to remember the millions of American military forces who served in armed conflict, the experience of war can’t help but remain an abstract one. Those who’ve known what it’s… Read More ›
Five Presidents Who Went to War & Killed Themselves For It: Wilson (Part 3)
Woodrow Wilson and World War I (this separate article appeared yesterday as part of one which considered William McKinley) A childhood dominated by the strict inculcation of pre-destiny by his father, a Presbyterian minister, and the deprivation of war which… Read More ›
The Armistice, A Day My Grandfather Never Surrendered
Today was Veterans Day – but yesterday will always be Armistice Day. The November federal holiday honoring those who have served in the American military has been called Veterans Day far longer than the name it was first known by,… Read More ›
Blond Bigotry, Anti-Semitism & Why a Candidate’s Wife Fabricated Her Family
This article is part of an ongoing series about the racial, religious and ethnic identity of First Ladies, beginning with the recent discoveries about First Lady Michelle Obama and her ancestry from both an Irish immigrant family of Georgia slave-owners… Read More ›
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