Tag: History

Some hard figures help explain why the Reagan administration tax reforms were enacted with the support of so-called "Reagan Democrats" in Congress, while not a single Democrat voted for the 2017 tax reform. (AP Photo/Scott Stewart)

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The Trump tax reform won’t match the Reagan ones

John Mueller · January 17, 2018 3:56 am

President Trump released a video tribute to King, saying, "Dr. King's dream is our dream. It is the American Dream. It's the promise stitched into the fabric of our nation, etched into the hearts of our people, and written into the soul of humankind." (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

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Hey President Trump, MLK Day would be a good time to criticize the FBI

Siraj Hashmi · January 15, 2018 9:12 pm

"George Wallace was a staunch racist and we worked on his heart and ultimately George Wallace transformed," Martin Luther King III said. "We've got to find a way to work on [Trump's] heart." (AP Photos)

Martin Luther King’s son compares Trump to ‘staunch racist’ George Wallace

Gabby Morrongiello · January 15, 2018 8:29 pm

T.R.M. Howard was not only a mentor to famous civil rights icons, but he also was a champion of self-help. (Image courtesy screenshot)

On Martin Luther King’s birthday, remember also T.R.M. Howard

David Beito · January 15, 2018 5:01 am

Jeff Flake noted that both Donald Trump and Russian dictator Joseph Stalin both called the press "the enemy of the people." (AP Photo/Sovfoto)

Jeff Flake compares Trump to Stalin on press freedom

Sean Higgins · January 14, 2018 8:54 pm

As questions remain about President Trump's mental health, it's important to note that it's dangerous when democracies begin to go down the road of pathologizing political differences. It's one thing to say your opponents are wrong. It's quite another to say they are crazy. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

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Alan Dershowitz: Don’t diagnose Trump, respond to him

Alan Dershowitz · January 14, 2018 5:01 am

A Game of Constitutions

Jay Cost · January 13, 2018 1:02 am

Kristol: Of Storms and Whirlwinds

Kristol: Of Storms and Whirlwinds

William Kristol · January 12, 2018 9:00 am

Woodrow Wilson once called Edward House his "second personality." But after negotiations over the Treaty of Versailles, the two never spoke again. (AP Photos)

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Before Trump and Steve Bannon, there was another dysfunctional White House relationship

J. Mark Powell · January 10, 2018 10:13 pm

The opportunity to retrace the steps of the Battle of Trenton comes every year just after Christmas during Patriots Week, when Ralph Siegel, a Trenton-area historian who is also a licensed Civil War battlefield guide, serves as the narrator for a 10-block walk around town. (Picture courtesy of Kevin Mooney)

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The brilliant George Washington decision that changed the tide of the American Revolution

Kevin Mooney · January 10, 2018 12:28 am

The milestone makes their marriage the longest of any presidential couple in U.S. history. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

George H.W. and Barbara Bush celebrate 73 years of marriage

Caitlin Yilek · January 7, 2018 2:05 pm

Bring Out Your Dead

Philip Terzian · January 5, 2018 9:00 am