Slavery Abolition

I am a Democrat, but I have always felt that strong opposition parties were good for the country. For this, I have sometimes been harshly criticized by other Democrats. Such criticism could be confusing. Aren't Americans supposed to promote bipartisanship? In…

Abortion activists have long claimed that to be pro-choice is not to be pro-abortion. But the gradual change in the rhetoric of the Democratic party in particular seems to belie that claim. Democrats have shifted their position on abortion from safe, legal, a…

Americas Founders tolerated slavery as a necessary evil, whereas the Confederacy was built on the premise that it benefited all.Abortion activists have long claimed that to be pro-choice is not to be pro-abortion. But the gradual change in the rhetoric of the…

Phil Deloria, the acclaimed historian who is the son of the famous Vine Deloria, reminds us in this book review that there are far greater problems with Thanksgiving than just the culinary crimes of tasteless turkey breast and yams with marshmallows on top. I…

Paul Gottfrieds excellent anthology of essays on American conservatives chronicles a key phenomenon of our times. Understa…

Theres a fabled moment from the Battle of Fredericksburg, a gruesome Civil War battle that extinguished several thousand lives, when the commander of a rebel army looked down upon the carnage and said, It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too…

On this date in 1863, Abraham Lincoln delivered a brief, sublimely crafted, 272-word oration that historian Garry Wills called nothing less than the words “that remade America.” “Men died that the nation might live,” Civil War scholar James McPherson has sai…

Bettmann via Getty ImagesFormer enslaved people in a Southern town shortly after the end of the Civil War, circa 1865 This essay is an adaptation of the fourth annual Philip Roth Lecture, delivered at the Newark Public Library on November 4, 2019. The lectur…

Top news on Monday morning. As the Winter Session of Parliament commences from today, the opposition parties have rallied on the demand for Jammu and Kashmir Lok Sabha MP Farooq Abdullah, held under PSA, to be allowed to attend Parliament. In an all-party me…

Michael McLean is a PhD candidate in history at Boston College. There’s a fabled moment from the Battle of Fredericksburg, a gruesome Civil War battle that extinguished several thousand lives, when the commander of a rebel army looked down upon the carnage a…