Abraham Lincoln
Lasting infamy: Booth, by Karen Joy Fowler, reviewed
Were it not for an event on the night of 14 April 1865, John Wilkes Booth would be remembered, if…
Snopes versus Abraham Lincoln
One of the most dreadful developments of the Donald Trump era has been the rise of the fact-check mafia. Every…
The mock revolution of the elites
‘Protesters in California set fire to a courthouse, damaged a police station and assaulted officers after a peaceful demonstration intensified,’…
Do we erase Black history when we take down statues?
The Summer Of Our Discontent is in full swing and the social guillotines — at first applied to legitimate injustice…
Republicans should now reclaim their strong history on civil rights
If you want a perfect example of how the progressive mindset betrays African Americans, look at the now viral video…
Lessons from the Johnson impeachment
The first time Congress impeached a president was in 1868. The president was Andrew Johnson, a man almost as surprising…
Walter Bagehot: the revered Victorian who got almost everything wrong
Who was Walter Bagehot? For generations of politics students he has been the all-but-unpronounceable — Bayge-hot? Baggott? — author of…
Sweet sorrow: the only grief we mention is that with comfort buried inside it
It was the phrase ‘sad sweet feeling in your heart’ that arrested my attention. But who would have thought it…
