Jon Meacham

A review of Jon Meacham's newest book and documentary.

Joe Biden has met with scholars to discuss his presidency and likely legacy—but what are we to make of his special relationship with historian Jon Meacham?

How a pop historian shaped the soul of Biden’s presidency.

The famous historian makes the claim that the demigods of American historical mythology can help us carve paths through our forbidding 21st-century wilderness.

In the 19th century, Jackson broadened the electorate, but the self-righteousness of some Democrats impedes their efforts to do the same.

The Roberts Court has made the current crisis of American democracy perpetual.

People who study the past don’t always have special insight into politics. Recent events have made that crystal clear.

One of the country’s greatest rhetorical traditions still has the power to remind us of our founding principles.

From the fall of the Berlin Wall to 9/11, we had relative peace and prosperity. We squandered it completely.

The 45th president, no student of history, marveled at the first president's failure to name his historic compound after himself.