History

Let's keep America free and independent

The stakes are high on this July 4th. Freedom is precious, fragile and it's on the line. On the 248th anniversary of American independence, I look back…

Jul 4 •

“Don’t be troubled. I guess we shall get through.”

PLUS: A Conversation with Chris Cillizza event on July 11 from 8 - 9 pm ET

Jul 3 •

There is nothing more important than stopping Trump from taking power

There are eight people, beyond President Biden, who hold my children’s fate in their hands. They hold all of our futures — and our nation’s — in their…

Jun 30 •

The day of days

PLUS: Dishonest garbage at the The Wall Street Journal

Jun 6 •

Honoring America's dead

There are no Americans alive who lived during America’s most violent, brutal and deadly era. None remember the greatest cataclysm in American history…

May 27 •

Seventy-nine years ago today...

May 7, 2024, marks the 79th anniversary of an understated declaration from General Dwight David Eisenhower, Supreme Commander of the Allied…

May 7 •

Trump lays out chilling blueprint for second term

PLUS: Remembering the Vietnam War, which ended on this day 49 years ago

Apr 30 •

Never vote for a crazy man, me boys!

PLUS: Trump on trial and why the jury must uphold the justice system that he attacks daily

Apr 16 •

Democracy dies at high noon

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Apr 13 •

A tribute to FDR

Franklin Delano Roosevelt died 79 years ago today. Every American should remember his epic life and service to the cause of humanity. He was a titanic…

Apr 12 •

“America First” means a more dangerous world

The Nazis told the world precisely what they would do to the Jews for nearly 20 years in January of 1942, when Reinhard Heydrich convened a lunch…

Apr 8 •

Remembering MLK and RFK

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated 56 years ago, on April 4, 1968. In today’s video commentary, I recall the speech he gave the night before he…

Apr 4 •

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