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Powhatan Prophecy
Tobacco, Bacon, and Turmoil in the Colonial Chesapeake
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Daniel J. Fischer
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February 2025

January 2025

December 2024

November 2024

A Millennium of Apathetic College Students
Present Parallels with the Past in Higher Education
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Daniel J. Fischer
The Stormy Lame-Duck Period
I was born – but pretty out of it – for the Election of 1988.
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Daniel J. Fischer
Enduring Themes in American Politics and the Election of 2024
Sweeping historical generalizations are dangerous statements to make, but, when it comes to American political parties, few people are more qualified to…
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Daniel J. Fischer

October 2024

Winning Well and Losing Well
Facing the aftermath of an election - and article links
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Daniel J. Fischer
Generations, the News, and California: The Best Articles of the Week
To help you decide what to read this weekend, here are the best articles I read in the last week:
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Daniel J. Fischer
The Stories We Tell and the Future We Enter
The power of our perception of what is happening in our lives
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Daniel J. Fischer
Settler Colonialism, Bruce Catton, and Home Libraries: The Best Articles of the Week
To help you decide what to read this weekend, here are the best articles I read in the last week:
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The Return of the Nineteenth-Century Presidential Election
Twentieth-Century Elections Were Tame Compared with the Races of the Nineteenth and Twenty-First
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