U.S. History

Three days before the major battle, regiments from the Army of Northeastern Virginia and the Army of the Potomac skirmish on the southeastern point of the Manassas battle site.

Rarely does the media mention some important facts about the "Founding Fathers": that they were lawbreakers and "criminals" according to British law.

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.

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

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

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