In less than a year, the U.S. will celebrate its 250 th  anniversary.  Whether you like him or not, there may be no better person than...

President Trump’s war on American history is not just about promoting a  colorblind society , or fighting  anti-white bias , or even...

When I was growing up in the eighties, I would often hear the adults around me talking about how all the white people they knew seemed...

My family has a secret.  I discovered it this spring, during my Aunt Dot’s 80 th birthday party when one of her grandchildren asked her...

(originally published in The Sun 29Dec24) Soon, a new year will be upon us.  As an American history geek, I know I’ll be spending much of...

(originally published in The Sun 5Dec24) Only time will tell if the new political movement that swept Donald Trump into office is...

(originally published in The Sun10Nov24) James Carville, former president Bill Clinton’s campaign strategist, once famously distilled the...

(originally published in The Sun 22Sep24) Last month, Denise Prudhomme, a 60 year-old, Wells Fargo employee from Tempe, Arizona, was...

(originally published in The Sun 18Nov24) A “killer asteroid,” large enough to decimate Baltimore and the surrounding areas, may be...

(originally published with Dr. Anne Tapp in The Sun 24jul24) What happened to all of those angry people in the old black-and-white photos...

(originally published in The Hill, 2Sep24) As the anniversary of 9/11 approaches, I find myself asking out loud a question I’ve whispered...

(originally published in The Sun 28Aug24) August 28th is the anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech....

(originally published in The Sun 24May24) In “The Golden Age of American Jews is Ending,” an essay by Franklin Foer published in March in...