Ulysses S. Grant, the War on Domestic Terror, and the Perils of Plutocracy
To understand the deepest fault lines...
Andrew Johnson, the Weaponization of Grievance, and the Sabotage of the Republic
On March 4, 1865, the great...
Abraham Lincoln, the Pragmatic Executive, and the Crucible of Democracy
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James Buchanan, the Arrogance of Ideology, and the Betrayal of the Republic
When James Buchanan was elected the...
Franklin Pierce, the Idol of Party Unity, and the Road to Ruin
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Millard Fillmore, the Politics of Appeasement, and the Allure of Nativism
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Zachary Taylor, the Manufactured Outsider, and the Fragility of the Union
Today, the American electorate is intimately...
James K. Polk, the Manufactured War, and the Birth of the Imperial Commander in Chief
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John Tyler, the Accidental President, and the Treason of Empire
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William Henry Harrison, the Manufactured Populist, and the Birth of the Modern Campaign
William Henry Harrison’s thirty-one-day presidency is...