U.S. History

The ruling elite would have us believe secession and disobedience to government powers is no longer acceptable because we have "representatives" in Congress. 

Anti-gun claims about suicides in gun-heavy Western states don't add up.

Social Security was a revolution that shifted the responsibility for income maintenance from the private to the public sector.

History is an easy subject to teach if you are intellectually lazy. It is the most challenging subject if you care about understanding causes and effects.

Chris Calton tells the story of the Army of the Shenandoah and the Army of Pennsylvania, leading up to the First Battle of Bull Run.

The US can help itself by ending the Drug War — which will bring some normalcy back to Central America.

President Trump is saying that the U.S. government will lift economic sanctions against North Korea if it “denuclearizes.” Cuba denuclearized in 1962. 

The books of Laura Ingalls Wilder show a more civilized and libertarian side of the American frontier.

The war in Virginia begins with a few minor skirmishes following the Union occupation of Alexandria and Arlington.

The big-business-connected creators of Social Security sought to use the system to punish their competitors in the small-business sector.