I have been working my way through Alan Taylor’s brilliant “American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804.” The plural of Revolutions and the adjective Continental are clues to the book’s orientation. It discusses this seemingly familiar territory in a way that … Continue reading
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To paraphrase James Joyce, current events are a nightmare from which I am trying to awake. Escapist entertainment is one dodge, and I’m all for it, but I’ve also been reading American history to understand how we got to this … Continue reading