- Are there no more Margaret Chase Smiths to stand up against the extremists in today's Republican Party? http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6459/ 3 comments politics
- This is Senator Joseph R. McCarthy’s transcript of his 1950 speech "Accusations of Disloyalty": stating there were 205 communists in the State Department (he later testified he had no names). It's the blue print for Tea Party rhetoric. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6456 12 comments politics
- In 1865, after the end of the Civil War, Col. P. H. Anderson of Big Spring, Tennessee, wrote to his former slave, Jourdon Anderson, asking him to return to work for him. In reply, Jourdon Anderson told Colonel Anderson exactly where he could stick his offer. http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6369/ 116 comments history
- OK Americans, here's your history lesson for the day: http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5154 7 comments politics
- “Your People Live Only Upon Cod”: An Algonquian Response to European Claims of Cultural Superiority http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5828 2 comments reddit.com