Crime in the City: American Revolution
Carp looks at violence in Revolutionary America.
The Rise and Fall of the First Internet
Donald Ritchie looks at the telegraph.
Dumbing down the Declaration of Independence
Michael Ravitch looks at The Declaration of Independences.
Scouting for Boys: An Excerpt
An excerpt from Robet Baden-Powell’s original 1908 ‘Scouting for Boys’
On This Day In History: The FBI Turns 99
Happy 99th Birthday to the FBI.
Margaret Fuller: Virgin Lands
(1843-1844)
An excerpt from Margaret Fuller An American Romantic Life: The Public Years, by Charles Capper.
Brown v. Board of Education
Klarman looks at the backlash created by Brown v. Board of Education.
Looking For a Few Good Muslims
Jenkins reflects on the Lancaster House conference on “Islam and Muslims in the World Today.”
Congrats To James McPherson!
Exciting news at OUP! Jim McPherson has won the The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
A Few Questions for Peter Heather
Peter Heather tells OUP that he is a sucker for Sherlock Holmes.
Guilt-edged Insecurity
Paul Collier looks at our guilty decisions.
The Battle of Hadrianople
Peter Heather, a leading authority on the late Roman Empire and on the barbarians, looks at the Battle of Hadrianople.
Oxford, England
Ben’s Place of the Week is Oxford, England.
The Moral Force of Majority Rule
Adrian Vermeule, author of Mechanisms of Democracy and co-author with Eric Posner of Terror in the Balance: Security, Liberty, and the Courts, is a Professor of Law at Harvard Law School.
Sharm e- Shekh, Again…
Shlomo Ben-Ami looks forward and backwards at the peace process.
Fleeing Hitler: Searching For Memories
Hanna Diamond talks about research for her book.