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Category: U.S. History

“A Time of Vindication and Rejoicing”

In April 1990, the Berlin Wall was being torn down to let East Germans travel to their family, friends, and countrymen in the West for the first time…

Choosing Between ‘Fear or Freedom’

In his March 23, 1983 televised address, President Ronald Reagan called for the American people to pursue a bold plan to launch a new missile defense program which…

The U.S.’s Most Controversial Decision

Every August, the debate erupts again about whether President Harry Truman was right or wrong in his decision to order the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in 1945.

35 Years After the Defeat of ERA

The Equal Rights Amendment died thirty-five years ago, on June 30, 1982.  Its opponents, lead by Phyllis Schlafly, gathered at a grand banquet to celebrate its demise. The…

DeToqueville Admires Our Christianity

Alexis de Toqueville is a name well-known to educated Americans as a remarkable Frenchman who traveled our country in the mid-19th century and wrote his perceptive commentaries about…