Reconstruction, Andrew Johnson and the South
In the last several weeks, I have talked about my book, Impeached, before several groups in the South: Altanta, Lexington (KY), Nashville, Memphis. I was somewhat anxious about these appearances. …
Read MoreThe French Revolution
No, not the decade-long upheaval in Europe that veered between liberty and riot. The novel set in San Francisco by Matt Stewart, which is being released on Twitter RIGHT NOW,…
Read MoreAaron Burr on Writers
In researching my current project on the Aaron Burr Conspiracy of 1805-07, I found the following declaration by Mr. Burr, in a letter to his daughter. Of all races of…
Read MoreBook TV, Saturday, July 11
On Saturday, July 11, at 1 p.m., C-SPAN’s Book TV will air a panel discussion on the Civil War that I participated in last month at the Printers Row Book…
Read MoreStranger than Fiction
I caught a remarkable movie last night on Turner Classic Movies: “The Baron of Arizona.” It tells the tale of James Addison Reavis, a swindler in the class of Bernie…
Read MoreC-SPAN 3 — Keep an eye on it!
Totally by accident, I discovered that C-SPAN 3 showed at 8 this evening the tape of my appearance before the National Constitution Center last month, concerning my book, Impeached: The…
Read MoreTorturing impeachment
I weighed in on whether Judge Jay Bybee of Nevada should be impeached for his authorship of the torture memoranda, and have unleashed some serious anger. What do you think?
Read MoreBankers Dance the Federalism Tango
A bank investigation in New York has been mired in a dispute over federalism — the constitutional doctrine Americans invented but use only when convenient — all the way to…
Read MoreForgetting History, California Style
Sure, he was scrawny and not real good-looking, but Thomas Starr King was a giant in California in the turbulent 1860s. And he’s about to be thrown out of the…
Read MoreRiding Two Horses at Once
It’s fairly sweet to have my book mentioned in a review of someone else’s book — even if I’m not entirely sure what to think of the description of The…
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