The Electoral College Doesn’t Threaten Democracy, It Secures It
Truly, there is nothing new under the sun. In 1967, a commission of the American Bar Association came up with a proposal for the establishment of a national popular vote […]
Why Do We Care About History?
People are touchy about the topic of history these days. They get worked up about statues in public places, history education in middle and high school classrooms, and whether America […]
D-Day, 80 Years Later
We often read of the great events of history and consider that their outcomes were inevitable. There is something natural about this tendency. We live in the world that emerged […]
A Tribute to David McCullough
The start of a new semester always includes introductory level history courses full of students whose primary interest is not necessarily history. At my institution, I teach intro history courses […]