Fascinating Stories from History
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The History of Presidential Assassination Attempts, From Andrew Jackson to Teddy Roosevelt
Before last weekend’s attack on Donald Trump, would-be assassins targeted Ronald Reagan, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and seven other presidents or candidates.
Book Review
What If Ronald Reagan’s Presidency Never Really Ended?
Anti-Trump Republicans revere Ronald Reagan as Trump’s opposite—yet in critical ways Reagan may have been his forerunner.
Partner
Books That Speak of Books
How a subgenre of murder mysteries plays with the way real history is written.
Biography
Battle Hymns
Charles Ives and the Civil War.
Retrieval
Hypodermics on the Shore
The “syringe tides”—waves of used hypodermic needles, washing up on land—terrified beachgoers of the late 1980s. Their disturbing lesson was ignored.
Book Review
Week of Wonders
Twenty-five years ago, protesters shut down the meeting of the World Trade Organization. At the time, it seemed very important. But is it now?
Debunk
Whatever Happened to Martin Van Buren’s Presidential Tigers?
It's a great story. The only problem is that the whole thing is probably made up.