Book review: "The Agitators: Three Friends Who Fought for Abolition and Women's Rights"
This book was written by Dorothy Wickenden. Who were the agitators? They were Harriet Tubman, Martha Wright, and Frances Seward. ...
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- 3 days ago
- 7 min
The Search for Spiritual Healing--book review: Mary Baker Eddy: The Years of Discovery
There are three things you need to know about the early life of Mary Baker Eddy. First, from young childhood she refused to accept the...
- Sep 1
- 5 min
Book review: Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, by Thomas E. Ricks
Thomas E. Ricks, a Pulitzer Price winning war correspondent, focuses his considerable reporting skill on the American Civil Rights...
- Aug 17
- 7 min
Contrasting Legasies: Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush
WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON (1993 - 2001) -- Scandals aside, Bill Clinton managed to get a great deal done as president, which may explain...
- Aug 17
- 7 min
Ending the Cold War: the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush
When he entered office, Ronald Reagan was alone among his national security advisors in believing the Soviet Union was on the brink of...
- Aug 17
- 7 min
Nice Guys Finish Last--the presidencies of Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter
The consensus opinion of Gerald R. Ford—the man, the politician, the president—is that he was a nice guy. What did Leo Durocher say about...
- Aug 14
- 8 min
Undeclared War and three Presidents--Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon
What a contrast. On January 17, 1961, in his farewell address to the nation, President Dwight D. Eisenhower warned of what he described...
- Aug 14
- 7 min
Unexpected Greatness—the presidencies of Harry S. Truman and Dwight D. Eisenhower
Who would have guessed? Harry Truman and Dwight Eisenhower rated among our greatest presidents? The latest poll among historians has...
- Aug 14
- 5 min
The Crash, the War, and FDR
It was the huddled masses all over again. Only this time it wasn't immigrants seeking work, it was American citizens seeking work. ...
- Aug 14
- 6 min
The Boom-to-Bust Presidents--Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover
The Roaring Twenties: economic prosperity, Jazz, flappers, Art Deco, radio, silent movies, automobiles, commercial aviation, and...
- May 30
- 4 min
book review: Getting out of Saigon, by Ralph White
What's interesting about this compelling rescue story, is that the author, Ralph White does not consider himself a hero nor particularly...
- Apr 6
- 4 min
You want a confederate monument? My body is a confederate monument.
By Caroline Randall Williams NEW YORK TIMES, June 26, 2020 If there are those who want to remember the legacy of the Confederacy, if they...
- Mar 30
- 8 min
Book Review: The 1619 Project
His name was Thomas Dartmouth Rice, a New York entertainer who performed under the stage name of T. D. Rice. In 1828, Rice had been a...
- Mar 20
- 7 min
In Search of the America Dream
The book is entitled, "The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone And How We Can Prosper Together", by Heather McGhee. What the book does...
- Mar 20
- 6 min
Book Review: "Caste: The Origins of our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson
It seems we live in a caste society. This is the message of "Caste: The Origins of our Discontents" by Isabel Wilkerson, a Pulitzer...
- Mar 18
- 5 min
Book review: Waging a Good War: A Military History of the Civil Rights Movement, by Thomas E. Ricks
Thomas E. Ricks, a Pulitzer Price winning war correspondent, focuses his considerable reporting skill on the American Civil Rights...
- Feb 24
- 4 min
The Presidency of Jimmy Carter
It wasn’t exactly Jimmy Carter’s finest hour. He was lost, searching for answers, and had called a number of political advisors to the...
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Civil Rights on trial—New York Times v. Sullivan
Can a Supreme Court decision change the social fabric of the United States? That’s among the issues addressed in NEW YORK TIMES v....
- Jan 23
- 8 min
Pastor-in-Chief
The last thing I needed was to read another Lincoln biography. But a Lincoln biography given to me by my brother Charles, continued to...
- Jan 17
- 7 min
Book Review: Abraham Lincoln, by Benjamin P. Thomas
This very special Lincoln biography, originally published in 1952, benefits from the 1947 opening of the Robert Todd Lincoln Collection...
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