Back when American Nations came out in 2011, a lot of august experts dismissed the warning in the epilogue that if we were unable to form better compromises between the… Read more »
Article Topic: OpEd
Regarding Maine on the occasion of its 200th anniversary of statehood, in the Boston Globe
Maine turned 200 this year, but the Bicentennial celebrations were cancelled by the pandemic, with Gov. Mills spending the official birthday, March 15, advising Mainers to lockdown to prevent… Read more »
How Turner’s Frontier Thesis led Americans astray
Frederick Jackson Turner of “Frontier Thesis” fame is one of the key subjects of Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood, being the primary figure in… Read more »
A New York Times American Nations OpEd
The New York Times asked me to write an opinion piece on the political implications of American Nations recently and, to my great pleasure, accepted it and built a terrific… Read more »