George Washington in Cambridge and the Birth of a Nation
There was little or no mention of American independence when General George Washington arrived in Cambridge, Massachusetts as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army on July 2, 1775, and reviewed...
View ArticleRichard Nixon at the Supreme Court
Fifty years ago, in January 1967, the Supreme Court decided Time, Inc. v. Hill, the first case in which it weighed the right to privacy against freedom of the press. In Hill, the Court declared that...
View ArticleA New Model for Preserving Presidential Records
The plans for the Obama Presidential Center are unfolding and highlight the vital role that the National Archives plays as custodian of our nation’s records. The following is an excerpt of an interview...
View ArticlePresident Trump and His Times
As a historian interested in contemporary politics, it is impossible to avoid asking how the current investigation into the Trump administration compares with other big presidential scandals that we...
View ArticlePresidential Misconduct, Historians, and History
Forty-five years ago, I was a member of the history faculty at Princeton. At that time, I was also on the National Governing Board of Common Cause, the then young organization seeking improvements in...
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