Bachrach / Getty Images; Stock Montage / Getty Images; Hulton Archive / Getty ImagesPremium America's Greatest Presidents Were 'Christian Nationalists' If Christians who bring their faith into the public sphere are "Christian nationalists," then so were these great presidents. By Randy DeSoto February 1, 2024
D. Lentz / Getty ImagesPremium The Founders and Slavery: How Vivek Ramaswamy Could Have Defended Thomas Jefferson with Confidence Thomas Jefferson's anti-slavery legacy includes much that his political descendants — including Vivek Ramaswamy — should celebrate. By Michael Schwarz January 29, 2024
John Parrot - Stocktrek Images / Getty ImagesPremium Southern Confederates Believed They Were Racially Superior to Northern Whites An obscure 1860 essay revealed aspects of the ruling-class mind that help explain mutual contempt and the ferocity of civil war. By Michael Schwarz January 8, 2024
Library of Congress / Getty ImagesPremium How the True Meaning of Christmas Taught Former Slave Frederick Douglass to Love Slaveholders Postwar propaganda about Christmas in the antebellum South did not ring true with Douglass, who understood the holiday's meaning. By Michael Schwarz December 27, 2023
Jacob Kupferman / Getty ImagesCommentary Trump Reportedly Considering Republican He Ran Against in 2016 to Be His VP Many people on social media applauded the possible running mate choice, with one calling the pairing "my dream team." By Michael Schwarz November 30, 2023
Wikimedia CommonsPremium Last Time Democrats Took GOP Presidential Nominee Off the Ballot Was 1860 Ironically, this time around they're trying to do it with a post-Civil War amendment that no Democrats voted for in Congress. By Randy DeSoto November 7, 2023
Drew Angerer / Getty ImagesCommentary Speculation Runs Rampant as Biden Shows Up Over an Hour Late for Big Israel Speech Speculation regarding Biden's tardiness for an important speech revealed how shamefully little we have come to expect from the president. By Michael Schwarz October 10, 2023
Kevin Dietsch / Getty ImagesCommentary Biden Hosts BBQ at White House as Americans Are Likely Killed, Taken as Hostages Biden's barbecue amid terror and war revealed a weakness of character that combines the worst aspects of history's most catastrophic failures. By Michael Schwarz October 9, 2023
APPremium 'Anti-Woke' Is the New Whig Party: It Will Collapse for the Very Same Reason An "anti-woke" coalition would do well to learn from the Whigs, who paid the price for ignoring the era's central issue. By Michael Schwarz September 26, 2023
Wikimedia CommonsPremium These Heroes from American History Were 'Conspiracy Theorists' The establishment media dismisses dissenting voices as "conspiracy theorists," but history shows they are in good company. By Michael Schwarz August 31, 2023