As his presidential campaign slides toward the back pages of the history he loves to quote, Newt Gingrich may want to reflect on one lesson of history that he never…

The Smithsonian’s Museum of American History has a current exhibition on Slavery at Monticello, which is well worth checking out.  I toured it yesterday.  Anyone who has slogged through Annette…

I’ll be working my way up the East Coast this week, spreading the Gospel of Burr in book talks.  Do come out and say hello! Monday, 7:30 p.m.:  Princeton NJ…

I seem to have stirred up a partisan hornet’s nest with a piece on Politico.com this morning, wondering whether Aaron Burr and Dick Cheney should be deemed our “most notorious…

Just back from the first week of intense promotion of American Emperor, and the feeling out there was great: Started this week in Louisville at the Filson Historical Society, where…

No, it’s not the day we crawl from bar to bar, drinking heavily.  It’s publication day, when American Emperor officially hits the bookstores and Amazon starts shipping.  It’s one of…

Over at Huffington Post, I argue that Rick Perry, Jon Huntsman, and all the rest need to back off on the treason-slinging.  Treason is an emotionally overpowering accusation that the…

Most of Cincinnati’s thousand citizens lined the banks of the Ohio River on April 27, 1801, to watch one of the wonders of the age.  A great new sailing ship,…