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Trails Lead to Wherever Your Interests Might Go Sep. 01, 2024
By Victor Block If you love history, I have a trail for you. Are you more of an architecture admirer... Read More
Slavery in America Aug. 07, 2024
Today people are taught, when it comes to slavery, America was the worst. Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine a... Read More
Trump's Attacks on DEI Reveal Administration's Agenda for Second Term Aug. 06, 2024
Rights & Resistance with the ACLU
This piece was written before Kamala Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee. No significa... Read More
History, Nature and Fun in New York City Jul. 28, 2024
By Margot Black The amount of words written about New York could fill Central Park a hundred times o... Read More
How History Will Remember Biden Jul. 24, 2024
When Vice President Joe Biden met with Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao in Beijing in 2011, the two men jo... Read More
An Oldie From the Summer of 1968 Hits the Charts Again Jul. 24, 2024
A Democratic president announces he will not run for reelection and throws his support to his vice p... Read More
Let History Be Our Guide in These Tumultuous Times Jul. 16, 2024
Our country suffered a horrific tragedy in Butler, Pennsylvania. A former president, and current can... Read More
It's Time To Save the Republic From This Supreme Court Jul. 03, 2024
The Supreme Court's decision in the presidential immunity case Trump v. United States issued on July... Read More
Learn Rich and Tragic History in Beautiful Charleston Jun. 15, 2024
By Victor Block During a recent tour of Charleston, South Carolina, the guide paused in front of a c... Read More
Putin and Hamas: Two Contemptible Peas From the Same Rotten Pod Jun. 12, 2024
Russia's aims and tactics in its war against Ukraine and Hamas' in its war against Israel are remark... Read More
1984 in 2024: Orwell Was Right Jun. 10, 2024
Americans still read George Orwell's "Nineteen Eighty-Four," 75 years after it was first published o... Read More
Prohibition Museum Recalls a Turbulent Time in American History Jun. 08, 2024
By Fyllis Hockman The entrance immediately transports you to the era just preceding Prohibition, whi... Read More
How Are Things in the Old Country? Apr. 26, 2024
Thirty years ago, I was in a garment factory, covering the visit of a Portuguese dignitary who was i... Read More
'Shirley' Portrays the Power of Compassionate Leadership in Politics Apr. 05, 2024
One of the recently released spring biopics that I looked forward to is the Netflix film on Shirley ... Read More
The Cut Flowers Civilization Apr. 03, 2024
This week, famed atheist Richard Dawkins explained that he was a "cultural Christian." Praising his ... Read More
Things Are Great, but They're Miserable, Too Mar. 27, 2024
"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times." In rereading the opening lines of Charles Dic... Read More
Rounding Out Black History Month With National Geographic's 'Genius: MLK/X' Anthology Mar. 01, 2024
For the past two years, students in my Black history Sports Icons course have watched Regina King's ... Read More
Will Barbie Be a Nervous Nellie at the Oscars? Feb. 28, 2024
Why is the doll (and movie) called "Barbie"? Why is Nellie nervous, and why is a statuette named Osc... Read More
A Professor's Lessons on Democracy Feb. 28, 2024
My ancient history professor, Martin Ostwald, taught me all about Athens in the golden age, the fift... Read More
Did Judges, Legislators and Presidential Candidates Play Hooky During History Class? Feb. 21, 2024
The late Sam Cooke sang, "Don't know much about history" in his classic "Wonderful World." He was a ... Read More
