I have a strong memory of the television coverage of the 1980 US presidential election in which Ronald Reagan won by a landslide. The only problem is, I remember the electoral map being covered in blue not red. With the…
The Grand Strategy of Detente lecture by Niall Ferguson, January 18, 2011. Themes of historical context, counterfactuals, power, Henry Kissinger, Richard Nixon, the China Game, and contemporary comparisons.
Kennedy-Nixon First Presidential Debate, September 26, 1960. Transcript.
It is becoming increasingly common to hear American politicians discuss the long term financial viability of the US government. This is a good thing (not that it needs to be discussed, that is a sad fact, but that it is…
I think it is impossible for anyone who is a student of history or is in any way invested in the future of their family or community or nation, to not form opinions about the affairs of the day. I…