Arthur Schlesinger Jr.

David Halberstam’s title The Best and the Brightest was steeped in irony. Did these presidential advisers earn it?

The transcendentalists thought all human inspiration was divine, all nature a miracle.

The beloved musical’s creator struggled to find a place between left and center.

Football's uniform appeal during the 20th century made it a popular analogy for candidates trying to relate to voters during the 1972 presidential election.

A short history of a made-up constitutional doctrine that gives presidents too much power.

Today's centrists are a hot mess.

A new history charts the forgotten ways the social politics of the Roosevelt years transformed the United States.

Bryan Burrough, Chris Tomlinson, and Jason Stanford on the making of a misrepresented narrative.

People in the United States no longer agree on the nation’s purpose, values, history, or meaning. Is reconciliation possible?

The New York-to-Washington train had 21 cars, 700 passengers—and millions of trackside mourners.

Joe Biden has met with scholars to discuss his presidency and likely legacy—but what are we to make of his special relationship with historian Jon Meacham?

The cultural contradictions of Call of Duty.

The answer can change over time.

Historians' prohibition on 'presentism' crumbles under the weight of events.

An interview with Sean Wilentz on Library of America's new collection of Richard Hofstadter's works.

The late historian and author of “The Paranoid Style in American Politics” misdiagnosed the fate of modern conservatism.

Reflections on the problems with progressives’ central principle that activist government is the only mechanism able to solve a modern society’s problems.

Why we still read Orwell’s book of prophecy.

Is Trump's power as president becoming just what the Founders feared?

President Trump’s skirting around Congress to sell arms to Saudi Arabia is only the latest example of presidential overreach.