Founders of the Frontier: David McCullough Discovers Ohio’s Puritan Pioneers
A review of The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West, by David McCullough.
The Failures of a President
John Daniel Davidson reviews The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made, by Patricia O’Toole.
Greg Abbott’s Big Gamble
If Abbott can get his fractious Republicans to back his agenda, he’ll take up the mantle of Rick Perry as a reform-minded Texas governor.
A Failed Urbanism
How Our Cities Are Increasing Inequality, Deepening Segregation, and Failing the Middle Class — and What We Can Do about It
The Seduction of Benedict Arnold
Just about the only thing most Americans know about Benedict Arnold is that he was a traitor. Nathaniel Philbrick changes that.
The Seduction of Benedict Arnold
The American Revolution was anything but tidy, and the war was unlike any previous military conflict.
Obamacare’s Crony-Bureaucracy Problem
Obamacare’s supposedly advisory councils are anything but, and amount to a crony bureaucracy.
Beware Feds Bearing Gifts
Obamacare’s intermingling of federal and state finances lets the federal government coerce states into doing things they don’t want to do.
A Medicaid Expansion Offer the States Should Refuse
Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion may sound like like a good deal, but governors and state legislators should resist it.
A New Lawsuit from Texas Sues the Government over Obamacare
Last week, Texas filed a lawsuit against the federal government — again. This time, over a regulation that forces states to pay an Obamacare tax on Medicaid managed-care plans. If ...