Theodore Roosevelt

H.W. Brands' new one-volume history of the American West reads too much like a movie we’ve already seen.

What the author of "If—" learned about empire from the United States

The long and complicated life of Kipling's famous poem.

What happened to the great defender of Empire when he settled in the States?

It was everywhere at the turn of the 20th century. It was also inedible.

Calvin Coolidge and others are bringing together student libertarians and trads, but that doesn't make for a coherent coalition.

How much do we expect our presidents to rest?

Minstrel shows were once so mainstream that even presidents watched them.

As Grand Canyon National Park celebrates its centennial, it’s worth recalling the peculiar way the canyon became grand.

Is it time for an end to American imperialism? Two authors re-examine American intervention overseas.

Donald Trump says there is “a crisis of the soul” at the border. He is right, though not in the way he thinks.

An analysis of 12 decades of New York Times headlines.

“Megafires” are now a staple of life in the Pacific Northwest, but how we talk about them illustrates the tension at the heart of the western myth itself.

Was the author and poet best known for 'The Jungle Book' and 'Kim' truly a racist imperialist?

Wildfires in the American West are becoming ever more prevalent and destructive. How did we get to this point?

In 1911, the Dillingham Commission set a half-century precedent for screening out 'undesirable' newcomers.

Historians still lack a good way to define, discuss, and address historical actions that appear to be "conspiracies."

Sanitation reformers confront a neighborhood seemingly immune to state intervention.

The problems of presidential gigantism can’t be solved by finding the right giant—the office is dying from its own growth.

The history of the left in the United States is a history of betrayal.