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363 Miles That Transformed America
The Erie Canal, dug by human muscle, aided by improvised cleverness, helped build a nation.
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George F. Will
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Washington Post
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October 22, 2025
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The Trump Administration’s Showdown with PBS and NPR
While Democrats waving a Big Bird doll around on the House floor saved public broadcast funding in the past, this strategy does not seem likely to work in 2025.
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The Man Madison Warned Us Against
He authored the Constitution to forestall the rise of a despotic president. We’ll soon see if those safeguards suffice.
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An Implausible Mr. Buckley
A new PBS documentary whitewashes the conservative founder of National Review.
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For more than 50 years, we've been worrying about "grade inflation" at elite American universities. It's time to move on.
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Bruce Springsteen’s Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A. Captured Two Sides of Reagan’s America
Springsteen's albums offer a tragic-romantic view of the working class in Reagan-era America.
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Greil Marcus Takes a Deep Dive Into "the Stubborn Myth of The Great Gatsby"
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The Misunderstood McDonald's Hot Coffee Lawsuit
Stella Liebeck was vilified when she was awarded millions after spilling McDonald's coffee in her lap. But the facts told another story.
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The War to Start All Wars
How the U.S. invasion of Panama ushered in the post-Cold War era of military unilateralism and preemptive war.
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Greg Grandin
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American Dreamers
Pete Seeger, William F. Buckley, Jr., and public history.
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