Victor Davis Hanson blows up "the myth" used by Ken Burns to claim the Founding Fathers got the idea for democracy from the Iroquois.

Newark Advocate history columnist Doug Stout completes the story of John George Hoover, who fought under Gen. George ...

For a state accustomed to faring well on many economic and policy comparisons, North Carolina’s middling score on social mobility ought to make us uncomfortable.

Anti-Catholicism was not a central force driving the colonists to revolt, but it played a role, shaping their political ...

Today's guest is Ken Burns, the filmmaker who has massively reshaped national conversations about everything from the Civil ...

Private John Aldridge was born on Feb 9, 1761, in Virginia. He married Mary Lakin on Nov. 18,1783 and they had 10 children: Joseph b 1784, Rachel b 1786, Ranzy ...

That elections for mayor and city council are “nonpartisan” is unambiguous Idaho law. Current partisan efforts to force such ...

A common misconception about the first president of the United States is that he had wooden teeth. It is certainly true that ...