Category: History
The Day When We Could No Longer Abide King George’s Crimes
Really, what did King George III do that was so bad anyway?
The Shipwreck and Eventual Rescue of James B. Vincent of the Whaling Bark Napoleon
It was supposed to be only a five hour tour…
Foreign Born and Anti-Christian and Anti-American Socialists and Infidels
An adventure in obsolete culture wars
Conservatives should look to Robert Peel
American conservatives should consider the example of Robert Peel in trying to figure out the way forward.
John Quincy Adams on Special Revelation & Canon
John Quincy Adams, as a Calvinistic Christian, was open to the notion that John Milton, Homer and Virgil were divinely inspired along the same grounds he believed the inspired parts of the biblical canon were. He also endorsed the notion of a “partially inspired” biblical canon.
A One Party Nation
The Democratic Party is collapsing, and has been collapsing for a decade. Having the Presidency just hid all the rot happening elsewhere. Now we face the prospect of one party rule in a way we have not seen before, led by a type of President we have not seen before.
Eight Awesome 19th Century Advertisements
Nearly entirely baseball-free, but with a free bonus of presidential politics!
A Tale of Three Wars and the Olympic Games that Never Were
How Tokyo got the Olympics … and lost them to Helsinki, who lost them too.
Redlining the Declaration (A Greatest Hit)
Originally run on his private blog way back in 2011, Burt Likko offers an editor’s view of the organic document of the United States of America.
The Terry Larkin Story
A tale of substance abuse, domestic violence, and baseball, plus a free bonus axe murder if you call now! And a mystery.
Guys Who Didn’t Invent Baseball Part III: Alexander Cartwright
Yet another guy who didn’t invent the game! And why anyone thinks he did.
Two Hamiltons For A Tubman
Maybe it wasn’t the biggest surprise to come out of the Treasury Department since FDR approved 3.2% beer during Prohibition, but Burt Likko welcomes today’s news about the government’s decision to shift the granting of high honors from one historical figure to another anyway.
