Thomas Murphy, S.J. reviews “The Book that Changed America: How Darwin’s Theory of Evolution Ignited a Nation” by Randall Fuller.
Thomas R. Murphy
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State of Disunion: How do we cross our bipartisan divides?
How do we cross our bipartisan divides?
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In the Beginning
Gordon Wood insists on treating the American founders as figures of their own time.
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Patriot, Statesman, Gentleman
Senator Henry Clay got a young nation talking about what it wanted to become.
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Two Parts of Four Million
As the 150th anniversary of the Civil War approaches we also anticipate the 75th anniversary of a remarkable transformation in the historiography of the abolition of American slavery In the late 1930s the Works Progress Administration decided to conduct interviews with the last surviving former s
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Resting Places
In 1969 the Apollo astronaut Edwin Aldrin described the ldquo magnificent desolation rdquo of the moon As the United States reflects on its lengthening wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this Veterans Day the issue of how most appropriately to honor soldiers who have died in battle is elevated profoun
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The Great Commoner
The historical reputation of William Jennings Bryan has not been a distinguished one He is ridiculed for losing three presidential elections He is often presented as a reactionary spokesman for a dying rural culture that resisted yielding to the progress of urbanization His opposition to American