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Donald Trump’s favorite word is “tariff.” He said so. Numerous times. This is one instance where I believe he is telling the truth. The logical question then is what does he mean on Earth Two when he uses the term? And how does it compare to what it means on Earth One? WHARTON SCHOOL Donald […]
Talk of regime change is in the air. The current Trump War in Iran is predicated on the Iranian people rising up and demanding a regime change due to the American and Israeli military action. Regime change to what? At no point have we suggested what the new regime should be. For example, Make Persia […]
Prayer for America There is much that needs to be done And even more that we can do. We may fail; we have no guarantee of success But a destiny awaits that only We the People can fulfill. For as this vibrant ball of blue sails the celestial void, We stand on the shoulders of […]
Date: February 15, 2026 Time: 3:00-5:00 PM Location: Rye Free Reading Room, 1061 Boston Post Road, Rye, NY Speakers: Michael Lucas, New York State Museum and Michael Pappalardo, AKRF Register: To register click here In 2010, archaeologists monitoring excavation at the World Trade Center redevelopment site made an extraordinary discovery: the remains of an 18th-century wooden gunboat buried deep […]
The blog on the The American Historical Association Conference Summary for 2025 ended with a reference to the vote in the business meeting to condemn Israel for its actions in Gaza (The Hamas Wing versus the Hamilton Wing at the American Historical Association Conference). The last line was “Who knows what will happen as this […]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE December 19, 2025 New York City Council Urges Federal Action to Preserve SS United States NEW YORK — The New York City Council on Thursday, December 18 approved a resolution urging federal action to preserve the SS United States, the all-American–built historic ocean liner, a true work of art, and the fastest […]
The State of American History The American Historical Association Conference Summary January 6, 2026 by Peter Feinman This blog is a summary blog and the sessions at the annual conference of the American Historical Association in 2025. There were too many presentations I consider to be of interest to the history to include in one […]
State of the Field for Busy Teachers: Native American History AHA Session 57 Saturday, January 4, 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM Chair: Karen Marrero, Wayne State University Comment: Dalton Savage, National Council for History Education and Ned Blackhawk, Yale University Session Abstract “If our schools and university classrooms are to remain vital civic institutions,” Ned Blackhawk […]
State of the Field for Busy Teachers: Africa in World History AHA Session 29 Friday, January 3, 2025: 3:30 PM-5:00 PM Chair: Sandra E. Greene, Cornell University Comment: Jennifer Hart, Virginia Tech, John Terry, Paideia School and Kyra Dezjot, Fordham University Session Abstract Historians of Africa have made foundational contributions to the effort to establish […]
Part of the conference was on the history infrastructure. One session was dedicated to the founder of museums. A second was on including the community. The third one was on the challenges facing museums at a divided moment in American history. The participants had no idea about the carnage that was about to happen. Mobilizing […]
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
by Peter Feinman
