An engraving attributing John Wilkes Booth’s assassination of Abraham Lincoln to the influence of Knights of the Golden Circle. [Library of Congress] In the summer of 1859, several stock actors ...

Mr. Bonner teaches at Michigan State University and is the author of Colors and Blood: Flag Passions of the Confederate South (2002). He is a writer for the History News Service. With 2002 drawing ...

Richard Rorty, who teaches philosophy at Stanford, in the London Review of Books (April 2004): Europe is coming to grips with the fact that al-Qaeda's opponent is the West, not just America.

An interview with the author of Cahokia Jazz.

Mr. McMillian teaches history and literature at Harvard University. He can be reached at [email protected]. "Can we please keep this list-serve free of all blatantly political announcements?

Dr. Rupp is a professor of history and political science at West Virginia Wesleyan College. What do American presidents James Polk, James Garfield, George W. Bush share with the Arnold Schwarzenegger?

Mr. Punke, a former White House aide and the author of Last Stand: George Bird Grinnell, the Battle to Save the Buffalo, and the Birth of the New West (2007), is a writer for the History News Service.

John Willingham holds an M.A. in American history from the University of Texas, Austin. He has been a Texas government employee for 25 years. He is now retired and lives in Portland, Oregon.

Mr. Fleming's new book, The Illusion of Victory: America in World War I, was published by Basic Books on June 1. He is a member of the corporate board of HNN. Once upon a time -- in 1920, to be ...

Mr. Rees is Associate Professor of History at Colorado State University - Pueblo. He is the author of MANAGING THE MILLS: LABOR POLICY IN THE AMERICAN STEEL INDUSTRY DURING THE NONUNION ERA ...

Fawaz Damra, the Palestinian-born leader of Ohio's largest mosque, was convicted recently of lying about his connections to terrorist organizations when he applied for U.S. citizenship. As a ...

Mr. Carpenter is a writer and doctoral candidate in American history at the University of Illinois. Ever since Ronald Reagan confused real events with Hollywood scripts, I've wondered how that ...