Schoolhouses for the South
Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald, and the partnership that reshaped Southern schooling
What's Gone Right
Stories of hope, inspiration, and innovation in American history. I'm interested in people who have helped our country live up to its promise.
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Norman Borlaug and the "Green Revolution"
Take the "What's Gone Right" Survey! (Please)
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Historical Revisionism is a Good Thing
Consistently reinterpreting the past keeps history fresh
History Museums Used to Bore Me
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"What a Country Chooses to Save"
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Waffle House: Down-Home & Democratic
The two neighbors who built a Southern icon
Misreading Frederick Douglass
Douglass embraced American ideals — and redefined them
Happy Fourth!
Remembering Gettysburg and "The Killer Angels"
A man of mind and action
What we get wrong about Admiral James Stockdale