History

Pentagon promotes an antisemite

Last weekend I went for a walk with my daughter through Lincoln Park in Chicago.

May 24 • Steve Schmidt

Eighty years ago tomorrow the war in Europe ended.

May 7 • Steve Schmidt

April 9, 1865: an ordinary day that became extraordinary

PLUS: I'll be joining "The Jim Acosta Show" at 4 pm ET TODAY; "The Wednesday Warning" with Ron Fournier is TONIGHT at 8 pm ET

Apr 9 • Steve Schmidt

American history can't be erased by Donald Trump and JD Vance

Sitting high on a bluff over the Mississippi River in Vicksburg, there was a forgotten grave in a disgracefully maintained national cemetery of an…

Mar 30 • Steve Schmidt

A story you should know (or be reminded of)

Let us come together as Americans and defy what must be reproached, rebuked and never bowed down to on bended knee.

Mar 22 • Steve Schmidt

Donald Trump is an agent of death

The first global war in the long annals of human history began in August of 1914.

Mar 6 • Steve Schmidt

Letter to an American

There are more than 60,000 Americans buried in France who were killed in action fighting against tyranny that threatened peace everywhere in the world.

Feb 18 • Steve Schmidt

Let's dust off the JFK speeches

People ask what they can do, given what we’re experiencing in America.

Feb 4 • Steve Schmidt

The truth is out there

I collect old Life magazines that lay out the story of 20th century America with some of them going back to the very beginning.

Jan 24 • Steve Schmidt

The sickness in American culture starts with Donald Trump

Vivek Ramaswamy is a mendacious fool.

Dec 28, 2024 • Steve Schmidt

The man who saved Christmas

The man who saved Christmas for America’s children did not arrive on a sled filled with presents pulled by reindeer.

Dec 25, 2024 • Steve Schmidt

A Christmas Eve miracle

Fifty-six years ago today — on Christmas Eve — the most famous photograph in human history was taken by an explorer named Bill Anders.

Dec 24, 2024 • Steve Schmidt

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