America is too fat for another civil war
It’s not right versus left: it’s Dunkin’ versus Krispy Kreme, battling for the soul of the country
American civil war
Tuesday
Tuesday
Revisiting Gettysburg
No filmmaker has explored the imaginative appeal of the Civil War in as much depth or from such diverse angles as Ron Maxwell
Friday
What does a ‘proportionate’ response to Hamas look like?
Israel ought to do for Hamas what Donald Trump did for ISIS, i.e., destroy it utterly
Monday
Lincoln’s hideaway
What solace Lincoln did find often came during stays in what today is known as President Lincoln’s Cottage
Monday
Monuments and memorials in Maryland
For about a dozen square blocks in its center, 18th-century Easton is as European-looking as any small town in the United States
Friday
The next so-called civil war
‘To-day the doctor says I must die — all is over with me — ah, so young to die’
Tuesday
Cotton, slaves and arrogance: the message of Gone with the Wind
The film makes us love something that didn’t really exist
Monday
Why secession beckons
In all the ways that matter, save for the naked force of law, we are already two nations
Wednesday
America is way too fat to fight another civil war
Would generations of Americans weaned on high-fructose corn syrup be able to march much further than the fridge?
