John F. Kelly

The White House chief of staff set off a firestorm Monday after his comments on the Confederate general.

The White House's fumbling about slavery and the Civil War fits a long pattern in American politics.

John Kelly's statement about the Civil War is not surprising, but they are a reminder that we should still be worrying about the Civil War.

For decades, slaveholders were powerfully committed to the Union. That changed when Washington stopped protecting their interests.

The South's insistence upon protecting and spreading slavery caused the Civil War.

Yes, honorable men can fight for dishonorable causes.

Eight years into the fascism debate, few skeptics seem to be willing to admit that they were wrong.

The reelection of Donald Trump would mark the end of George Washington’s vision for the presidency—and the United States.

When Nixon practiced law, he declined divorce cases because he disliked frank sexual talk from women. Trump asked Playboy to run a “Girls of Trump” feature.

Trump’s shredding of paper in the White House was far more widespread and indiscriminate than previously known.

Though the cruelties of the Trump administration’s “Zero Tolerance” policy were unique, they were part of an American tradition of taking children from parents.

For Baldwin, the past had always been bent in service of a lie. Could a true story be told?

Angry that ICE is ripping families apart? Don’t just blame Trump. Blame Clinton, Bush and Obama, too.

The effort to dig up information about the immigrant ancestors of prominent Trumpsters is doing more harm than good.

The US-Mexico border wall is disrupting and destroying the lives of a united binational community.

The perspectives of older Americans have dominated the debate. It's time we pay more attention to what younger people have to say.

For white southerners, honor had little to do with justice.

How Miss Millie taught the Civil War.

I didn't know the Confederate general owned slaves. I didn't even know he was part of the Confederacy.

There can be no "compromise" with the false view of America's past from Trumpists and pop historians alike.