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Walter White: A Real American Cowboy
(Warning: Contains Spoilers) It has been over one year since Breaking Bad ended, and three months since its impressive (and well-deserved) showing at the Emmy Awards. Breaking Bad was not just about...
View ArticleChristmas on a Slave Plantation
In the dining room might be a series of flickering candles and stockings full of candy hanging on the walls. Outside, the men would gather around barrels of cider or whiskey, celebrating their week...
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Inspiring Yosemite
For the past three weeks, Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson have been free climbing the “Dawn Wall” in Yosemite Park. Today, they finally reached the peak, in an unprecedented display of physical and...
View ArticleBayard Rustin and the Hidden Story of Civil Rights
As children, most of us learned a very simple narrative of the Civil Rights Movement. America was segregated, so a million people marched on Washington and asked for integration. Thanks to a persuasive...
View ArticleAmerican Independence and the Promise of Equality
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of...
View ArticleThe History Channel and the Myth of American Exceptionalism
In recent years, the “History” Channel has followed MTV in turning its name into an oxymoron. The channel’s lack of substantive history has pushed away serious scholars and history buffs alike. Its...
View ArticleThe 3/5ths Clause and Indian Removal
Most Americans understand the 3/5ths clause of the Constitution, which allowed slaves to be partially counted towards Congressional representation, as a compromise without which our nation would not...
View ArticleIn Defense of Hamilton
Lin-Manuel Miranda’s hit Broadway musical, Hamilton, brings to life the story of Alexander Hamilton and the history of his time. Yet many historians have met the pop phenomenon with skepticism; with...
View ArticleDemocracy or Slavery?
Most Americans are familiar with the famous Lincoln-Douglas Debates, though few may realize their true significance. In the debates, Abraham Lincoln discovered and exploited the fundamental...
View ArticleThe Lakota and the Contingency of History
The Fort Laramie Treaty of 1868 was a stunning success for the Lakota people. Having routed the United States Army in a two-year campaign, the Lakota secured a 25 million acre tract of land that...
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