How to Start a Civil War
…General Scott who famously declared that anyone interfering with the congressional certification of the electoral vote count would be “lashed to the muzzle of a twelve-pounder and fired out the…
…General Scott who famously declared that anyone interfering with the congressional certification of the electoral vote count would be “lashed to the muzzle of a twelve-pounder and fired out the…
Perhaps all writers of fiction have experienced the particular thrill of coming across a bit of history or a casual mention of some peculiar event, and suddenly they know: A…
…local police needed someone to coordinate the investigations at a national level. The FBI refused, saying these were all local matters. No Black person in Nashville who was alive during…
We’ve reached the end of the 50 Books / HT 50 series. This final installment features two Pulitzer Prize winners, a book about a controversial figure in the Civil Rights…
…asking for “calm”; political triangulation; the arrival of national media; mass-based protests. The Nichols murder became the latest real-time scenario that illuminated all of the perils and prospects of the…
…of all the little-known painters who coexisted with the alleged immortals. Every genius, he noted, worked within a scene of thoughtful people cultivating, through the expenditure of their own creative…