Andrew Burstein

Andrew Burstein is the Charles P. Manship Professor of History at Louisiana State University and coauthor with Nancy Isenberg of Madison and Jefferson. His latest book is Democracy’s Muse: How Thomas Jefferson Became an FDR Liberal, a Reagan Republican, and a Tea Party Fanatic, All the While Being Dead.

George Washington; Andrew Johnson; Donald Trump

Donald Trump's unpardonable endgame: Does the president have unlimited power to pardon anyone? Andrew Burstein

Oprah Winfrey; Donald Trump

Celebrity monomania: Maybe Trump and Oprah aren't as different as we think Andrew Burstein

Dwight D. Eisenhower; Donald Trump

Eisenhower, Trump and hubris: We've had misguided presidents, but not like this Andrew Burstein

Thomas Jefferson; Donald Trump; Teddy Roosevelt

How will history view the Trump era? With contempt and amazement, for starters Andrew Burstein

Donald Trump; Reinhold Niebuhr

A vote for moral technology: Updating Reinhold Niebuhr to the age of Donald Trump Andrew Burstein

Written Out of History by Mike Lee

Mike Lee’s bad history: Utah senator's book is an ignorant hodgepodge concocted to justify the modern GOP Andrew Burstein

Listening to John Adams: The true conception of liberty is far larger than mean-spirited conservative ideology Andrew Burstein

American history: Fake news that never goes away — and empowered the Trumpian insurrection Andrew Burstein

John Adams; Donald Trump; Paris Hilton

Can we redeem "civic virtue" in the age of Donald Trump? John Adams might have understood what just happened Andrew Burstein

Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump

The godfather vs. the grandmother: How the 2016 election became a battle of "character" over substance Andrew Burstein

Donald Trump

“Greater Than We Currently Are,” not “Great Again”: Trump is perversely nostalgic when we should be looking forward Andrew Burstein

Bill Maher, Donald Trump, Jon Stewart

We beat Donald Trump by mocking Donald Trump: What Bill Maher and Barack Obama understand about whipping a bully Andrew Burstein

Elizabeth Warren

Elizabeth Warren's big win: The new, much-needed rule that could rein in Wall Street slime Andrew Burstein

Stop clinging to the Founding Fathers: The Andrew Jackson/Hamilton/Tubman debate is really about honest history Andrew Burstein

Ted Cruz, Donald Trump

Republicans really fall for this nonsense: The GOP is the party of stupid, but its voters are the deluded ones Andrew Burstein

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