Long Island, I’m coming for you on Thursday! I’ll be delivering a keynote on George Washington at Raynham Hall Museum in Oyster Bay on March 23rd. The…
But no one can accuse modern Hollywood, who passed on a satellite address from Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, of promoting interventionist and…
He’s facing the wrong direction, his eyes fixed on the past.
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Jimmy Carter's "lust in my heart" vs. Donald Trump's "grab 'em by the pussy."

February 2023

ICYMI: “George Washington Would Hate Presidents’ Day,” I wrote in the New York Times, and in last week’s SMK, I offered background on the op-ed. Y’all…
Presidents' Day is a dud of a holiday.
For Valentine's Day, I brought something for everyone in the class.
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"Like is Ahab crazy or 'crazy crazy.'"
Get that unaccountable cone.
But first: Alexander Hamilton talks George Washington down.

December 2022

I had planned to send out a light newsletter with demented 20th-century holiday cards, like this 1906 German Christmas card featuring two rosy-cheeked…

October 2022

“This too shall pass,” Ronald Reagan, then Governor of California can be heard assuring President Richard Nixon in a 1973 taped phone call to the Oval…