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by | Nov 9, 2021

Robert E. Lee: A Life Allen C. Guelzo (Knopf, 608 pages, $35) “Who’s that man on the horse?” I asked…

by | Oct 4, 2021

Kyrsten Sinema is by no means a conservative, but she represents a traditionally red state in which Democrats generally require…

by | Sep 18, 2021

Friday Here I am in Washington, my hometown. The most beautiful city in the world. Just a super city of…

by | Jul 11, 2021

As the Union Pacific railroad pushed the tracks of the first transcontinental railway westward across the plain, “Hell on Wheels”…

by | Jul 3, 2021

One hundred fifty-eight years ago, on July 1, 2, and 3, Union and Confederate armies clashed at the small south-central…

by | Jun 29, 2021

The American Civil War wasn’t just about abolishing slavery. I know you may have been taught something different in grade…

by | Jun 8, 2021

Washington and Lee University has announced that it will keep its name. In normal times that would seem unexceptional. Both…

by | May 11, 2021

Washington House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s place at the head of the mob intent on correcting the wrongs of past generations…

by | Apr 11, 2021

What happens when an irresistible army meets the unmovable people? We may find out in Burma. The Southeast Asian country…

by | Mar 11, 2021

So in the Libyan fable it is told That once an eagle, stricken with a dart, Said, when he saw…

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