American History
Celebrating America’s 250th Birthday
The Battle was Joined on April 19, 1775, at Lexington and Concord
You're Invited: William McKinley and the Apex of the American System
In 1900, America was producing more steel than Germany and Britain combined. America was the world’s leading energy producer and consumer. What caused it? Tariffs.
More Than Once Have Americans Rejected the Arrogant Pretensions of a Foreigner
In no way, in all the history of the United States of America, was President Donald Trump’s and Vice
Allelujah! Free Trade is Sooo Dead
The "new world order" envisioned by President Trump is a world of strong, sovereign nations working together for their mutual benefit. It is a world based on the principles of the American System, a system that has made the United States the most prosperous and powerful nation in history.
Labor Power, Not Capital, Is the American System
The current flap concerning H-1B visas is now being used by enemies of the incoming Trump Administration to sow discord and confusion among Trump’s team and the MAGA base. It is for this reason that certain truths about the American System of Economics must be clarified.
On the 200th Birthday of Thomas Starr King
Thomas Starr King, virtually unknown to most Americans, was one of three contemporaries of Abraham Lincoln who led a successful fight to save California for the Union.
For America’s 250th Birthday: A Request to President-elect Donald Trump
This excerpt, from a new book by historian Robert Ingraham asks President elect Trump to consider the model of America's great 1876 Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in planning the grand celebration the President wants to hold for this nation's 250th anniversary in 2026.
Once FDR Died, the British Planned An American Led World War III
Unlike many today, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who died on April 12, 1945, was aware of how the British were
Celebrating America’s 250th Anniversary Must Start on Day One of Donald Trump’s Presidency
The answer to the Democratic Jacobins is an avalanche of discoveries, inventions, and city building in the American tradition, with an eye to the 1876 Philadelphia Centennial.
John Quincy Adams—The Declaration of Independence: “A Nation Was Born in a Day”
John Quincy Adams reflects on the birth of American independence, tracing the struggle from British rule to the Declaration's assertion that "all men are created equal."