American Revolution Blog

This Ain't No Fairness Doctrine Here! One of the major criticisms from the historical community of David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize...

A Midwife’s Tale: The Life of Martha Ballard, Based on Her Diary, 1785-1812 . By Laurel Ulrich. (New York: Random House Inc., 1990. Pp. 352....

The American Revolution can, at times, be characterized as a collection of smaller revolutions, all of which contributed and eventually led ...

Sex scandals in government, politics and religions seem to be as American as apple pie these days. Yesterday's unveiling of New York Gov...

As we've discussed at length, holidays, and the means of celebrating them, were very different during the colonial era. Most of the holi...

Having listened to the ongoing debate over homosexuals serving in the military, I felt that this would be an appropriate topic to post. Hist...

Having worked in law enforcement for a few years, I have always maintained an interest in the criminal world. One of my favorite aspects of...

If there is one thing Americans cannot do without it is scandals. Americans seem to love them. Thanks in large part to magazines like "...