Marc JohnsonJun 24, 20158 minAmerica’s Great War…The marvelous British historian David Reynolds argues in his latest book – The Long Shadow – which explores the lasting legacies of World...
Marc JohnsonJun 24, 20158 minAmerica’s Great War…The marvelous British historian David Reynolds argues in his latest book – The Long Shadow – which explores the lasting legacies of World...
Marc JohnsonApr 16, 20143 minAssessing LBJDallek titled one of his volumes on Johnson – Flawed Giant. That, I suspect, will be the ultimate verdict of history. A big, passionate m...
Marc JohnsonNov 18, 20135 minFor the PeoplePut a man on the moon in the decade of the 1960’s and return him safely to Earth – no problem. Create a Peace Corps and send idealistic y...
Marc JohnsonOct 14, 20137 minThe Age of Unreason“If there is that degree of disruption, that lack of certainty, that lack of trust in the US signature, it would mean massive disruption ...
Marc JohnsonJul 12, 20135 minThe Middle Doesn’t HoldLots of Republicans, particularly the Tea Party wing of the party, love the Club for Growth and its mouthpiece former Rep. Chris Chocola ...
Marc JohnsonJul 1, 20134 minThe War That Never EndedWhat lives they must have led. As young men, boys really, they had participated in battle that both saved the Union and served as the Hig...
Marc JohnsonSep 27, 20123 minThe Defining EventThe author and historian Shelby Foote, his narrative history of the Civil War – all 1.5 million words of it – remains one of the masterp...
Marc JohnsonSep 24, 20122 minThe Defining MomentOf course the great and terrible American Civil War – across the country we are commemorating its 150th anniversary – eventually became a...
Marc JohnsonApr 6, 20122 minShilohApril 6, 1862 – 150 years ago today – Americans came to understand that their Civil War would be not be over easily or soon. Edward Ayers...
Marc JohnsonAug 9, 20112 minMark HatfieldNot Likely to See His Kind Again I’ve always thought of Mark Hatfield, the Oregon Republican who died on Sunday, as looking and acting ex...
Marc JohnsonFeb 20, 20112 minEffective and NotThey celebrated Jefferson Davis’s inauguration yesterday in Montgomery, Alabama. Actually, it was a day late. One hundred fifty years ago...
Marc JohnsonFeb 16, 20112 minStill Fighting the WarThis just in: Civil War still rages. From nullification battles in Idaho and several other states to a Mississippi proposal to remember ...
Marc JohnsonJan 25, 20114 minNullificationAs Idaho and a half dozen other states prepare legislation to attempt to “nullify” the federal health care law, including apparently sanc...
Marc JohnsonApr 20, 20103 minYup, It Really Was About SlaveryOn the grounds of the Texas State Capitol in Austin stands a massive monument commemorating the side that lost the Civil War. The monumen...
Marc JohnsonDec 3, 20095 minObama’s WarI have a clear memory of an old basketball coach from high school who preached a simple strategy. Coach would say when someone was trying...