Posts filed under: History

Can democracies make the world a better place? The Founding Fathers seemed to think so. In fact, they may be some of the most optimistic, rational, idealists who ever lived....
Are you smarter than a 5th grader? I am not. I learned this shortly after the show first came out. The premise was intriguing: it’s a gameshow where the goal...
The more I read about the Kellogg-Briand Pact, the more I believe that this little-known document might rank up there with the Magna Carta and the U.S. Declaration of Independence...
A few weeks ago, the French Ambassador to the United States, Gérard Araud, posted an incendiary tweet on December 7th, Pearl Harbor Day.       He has since deleted...