What’s the Real Origin of “OK”?

For starters, it’s not even 200 years old.

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The Hard Question of Affirmative Action and Slavery

During oral arguments for the biggest Supreme Court cases, the justices’ questions are often pointed, meant to advance their own view of the case. Conservative justices ask friendly questions of lawyers on the conservative side and burrow into the logical weaknesses of the liberal side.

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Historians Behaving Badly

In certain regions of the Western Christian world, the opinion prevails that historians have been behaving badly of late. This opinion, in fact, extends to academics at large.

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Bad History

When I reached into a box of books that had been stored, I pulled out a paperback from graduate school. A bit dusty, its pages yellowed with age, with the distinctive smell of old ink and paper, my copy of The Search for Christian America made me wince a little.

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On Labor Day, Democrats and unions should recall their shared history

Historically, the party and the movement have worked together to mutual benefit.

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Why do we celebrate Labor Day? So Grover Cleveland could own the left.

Labor Day and May Day both started in the United States. So how did one spread elsewhere while the other become a federal holiday here? Grover Cleveland.

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The End of the Millennial Lifestyle Subsidy

Sign up for Derek’s newsletter here. Several weeks ago, I needed a ride home after some late-night drinks about two miles from my place in Washington, D.C. I pulled up the Uber app and entered my address.

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When Racial Ideology Is at Odds With Identity

Over the summer, my children have been telling—or better yet, warning—me about Andrew Tate, a conservative, mixed-race social media influencer mostly distinguished for broadcasting his disdain for women (in addition to broad racism and homophobia), and who has recently garnered popularity among

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Be not afraid

America’s secular canon is without exception comprised of the immortal words of mortals rising in defence of freedom, liberty and equality. Their greatness combined an incandescent moral clarity at great moments of testing.

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Friday reflections: “Letter to an American”

Americans should have extraordinary gratitude for the achievements and sacrifices of the generations that gave us the chance to live in peace, prosperity and freedom. It should be accompanied by a deep humility and commitment to better the inheritance of freedom for all people and for all time.

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