Rebel with a c ause

Mark Twain and the making of an American literary revolution

I AM A HISTORY PROFESSOR AT ONE OF THE UNIVERSITIES under attack by the Trump Administration. I am also a flag-waving patriot with an abiding love of the U.S. Those two statements might seem surprisin

BEFORE THE AMERICAN REVOLU-tion, many colonies had established churches supported with tax dollars or imposed religious restrictions on voting or holding office. There was no separation of church and

Slavery and race in Revolutionary France

What makes a novel of ideas?

The centre left has joined the populist right in despairing of good government