The Party of Lincoln Is Long In The Tooth
Conservatism, Inc. has been swamped by changing demographics and speaks for a tiny fraction of the Republican Party
History
William Jennings Bryan: Flag of an Empire
William Jennings Bryan shares his thoughts on foreign policy
The Second New Deal: FDR Turns Populist to Stop the Rise of Huey Long
Huey Long pressured FDR into the Second New Deal
William Jennings Bryan and His Populist Campaign
William Jennings Bryan launches the fourth party system in the 1896 election
Huey Long: Evangeline Speech
Huey Long has some lessons for Trump supporters who are feeling lost
Huey Long: High Finance Speech
Bernie Sanders isn’t in the same league as Huey Long
Thirties Nostalgia
Populism flourished during the Great Depression and put constant pressure on FDR
Politico: What Ulysses Grant Can Teach Joe Biden About Putting Down Violent Insurrections
Liberal hysteria has now landed on Reconstruction
Huey Long and Charles Coughlin Speak In 1935
Sen. Huey Long and Father Coughlin tour America during the Great Depression
The Share Our Wealth Amendment
A proposal to to amend the Constitution of the United States to create a more equitable distribution of wealth
Slate: The Deplatforming of Father Coughlin
The ghost of Father Coughlin is haunting Wall Street
The Chicago School
What is neoliberalism?
How Populism Got Such a Bad Name w/ Thomas Frank
Thomas Frank on the history of anti-populism
Caleb Maupin on Huey Long
Huey Long could easily win the presidency in our times
America’s Forgotten Populist History
Thomas Frank on the history of American populism
Huey Long (Ken Burns Documentary)
PBS documentary explores the life of Huey Long
Transgenderism’s Romantic Roots
Ellen Page is Elliot Page now
Michael Lind: The Revenge of the Yankees
Is the Great Awokening an example of the Yankee Question?
American History Series: Review: The Nervous Generation: American Thought, 1917-1930
A book review of Roderick Nash’s The Nervous Generation: American Thought, 1917-1930
Fitzgerald, Hemingway and American Existentialism
American intellectuals developed modernism and existentialism in the 1920s
Moral Collapse In The 1920s
In the 1920s, liberals attempted to base morality on pragmatism, relativism and social science
The Real Babbitt
Irving Babbitt and the New Humanists were scorned by the modernists of their time
The Myth of the 1920s
How lost was the Lost Generation?
Christianity and Youth Rebellion In The 1920s
In the 1920s, the church ceased to shape the behavior of youth
The Damned and the Beautiful
In the 1920s, Victorian culture disintegrated and Modern culture emerged as a youth culture
American Crucible
In the early 20th century, civic nationalism eclipsed racial nationalism with disastrous results
The Adversary Culture
What is Left-Modernism?
Cultural Reunification
In the 1910s, 1920s and 1930s, American culture was heavily influenced by Europe
Explaining America’s Cultural Degeneration
From the Saturday Evening Post to VICE News
Margaret Sanger, Free Love and the Birth Control Movement
In the 1910s and 1920s, Margaret Sanger led the Sexual Revolution
Review: Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
A book review of Stephanie Coontz’s Marriage, a History: How Love Conquered Marriage
Review: A History of The Wife
A book review of Marilyn Yalom’s A History of the Wife