In his remarkable new book, The Call of the Tribe, the Peruvian Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa explains how far…
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In the aftermath of the horrific earthquake that hit Turkey and Syria in February, a recurring myth demands the wisdom…
Read More »St. Patrick’s Day makes this week a perfect opportunity for an update on Ireland and the Irish. Recent developments in…
Read More »Ask Americans with an interest in their country’s pre-Civil War history to name a famous abolitionist, you’ll likely hear of…
Read More »A truly remarkable black American, Booker T. Washington (1856-1915) believed that the way to build up and improve a country…
Read More »What are “Jim Crow” laws? President Biden apparently thinks they are synonymous with election integrity. In fact, when Georgia’s Governor…
Read More »February is when we Americans pause to note Black History Month, Valentine’s Day, and Presidents’ Day. Allow me a little…
Read More »In “Recognizing Hard Truths About America’s History With Slavery,” published by FEE on February 11, 2023, I urged an assessment…
Read More »Slavery is always and everywhere an unconscionable stain, an egregious error, a monstrous outrage, a mortal sin. Every human possesses…
Read More »In an article published on January 29, 2023, I introduced readers to Dorothy Thompson (1893-1961) and promised to return to…
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