Dunmore’s Proclamation to Virginia
On November 15, 1775, John Murray, the Earl of Dunmore and the royal governor of Virginia, issued a proclamation setting “all indentured…
A Court of Tar and Feathers at Colonial Williamsburg
Margaret Thatcher notes in her excellent book Statecraft: Strategies for a Changing World: America is more than a nation or a state…
Dramatic Irony
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. Reading Lucy Grealy’s Autobiography of a Face, the story of her childhood battle…
Blogger Protection Act of 2008
Two years after liberal Republican John McCain teamed up with liberal Democrat Russ Feingold to eviserate the First Amendment, a federal court…
A Precise Mind
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. James Baldwin’s Notes of a Native Son is in many places marked by…
NIGHT, by Elie Weisel: An Intellectual’s Despair
This post contains affiliate links. For more information, click here. Elie Wiesel’s Night is an account of shocking horror and how it can…
Charlton Heston, A Personal Note
The world lost a class actor this weekend with the passing of Charlton Heston. Charlton Heston was a great actor, a gracious…
A Grief Autopsied
The Year of Magical Thinking, Joan Didion’s memoir of the months following her husband’s sudden death, is part grief journal, part literature…
SamSphere Chicago
The world owes a great debt to Sam Adams, the brewer-patriot who led opposition to British tyranny in colonial Boston. This weekend,…
A House Divided at Colonial Williamsburg
Like all cities, Colonial Williamsburg comes to life through its people. The most prominent family in Williamsburg were the Randolphs, in whose…
Thomas Jefferson Denounces Slavery at Colonial Williamsburg
In Williamsburg, Virginia, Thomas Jefferson denounces the “barbarous practice” of slavery. Leslie CarboneAfter my misspent youth as a wage worker, I’m having…
The Gale from the North blows into Colonial Williamsburg
On April 19, 1775, embattled farmers of the Colony of Massachusetts fired the shots heard ’round the world at Lexington. Two days…