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Gillette print advertisement, 1932, showing unemployed man who hasn't shaved.

Things Fall Apart: Herbert Hoover And The Risks Of Certitude

On the rhetoric and failure of the Hoover administration.
by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on December 1, 2025
Graphic of a nickel displays the words "nullification," "compact," and "sever" on Jefferson's head.

Thomas Jefferson Would Like A Word With You

Thomas Jefferson's limited government ideal quickly conflicted with the U.S. Constitution and the dominant Federalist Party, prompting a radical proposal.
by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on June 16, 2025
A drawing of John Adams.

John Adams Is Bald and Toothless

A brief history of the Alien and Sedition Acts.
by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on May 19, 2025
A large crowd listening to Harry Truman give a speech on a train.

Harry Truman's Train Ride

A whistle-stop train tour, and some plain speaking spur Harry Truman's come from behind win in 1948 over Thomas Dewey.
by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on March 25, 2024
Samuel Chase.

An Intemperate Man: The Impeachment of Justice Samuel Chase

The presence of Federalist judges frustrated Thomas Jefferson and his Democratic-Republican Party, bring justice Samuel Chase under fire.
by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on June 19, 2023
Portrait of Thomas Jefferson

Sunrise at Monticello

Jefferson and his connection to partisanship in early America.
by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on July 19, 2021
Illustrated portrait of George Washington above portraits of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, and John Adamas

The Founders Flounder: Adams Agonistes

Why John Adams was peculiarly unsuited to the moment.
by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on May 24, 2021

Dred Scott Strains the Mystic Chords

Dred Scott was an opportunity to settle what the South had previously been unable to achieve either legislatively or judicially.
by Michael Liss via 3 Quarks Daily on March 5, 2018
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