Understanding history is not about understanding formulas or narratives. Instead, we must understand the people who made ...

Over the course of three business days in 2022, the Supreme Court of the United States decided cases involving three of the most divisive issues of our time: guns, abortion, and prayer in public ...

Whether in Iraq or elsewhere, to succeed in a foreign country today, global business leaders can benefit from looking at that country’s past. When running a global business, it’s important to take ...

Was the Franco dictatorship a cause or consequence of the Spanish Civil War? Was Einstein a medieval scientist? Confusions like these are quite common among secondary school students, who tend to ...

As a historian working in professional military education, I find myself in the awkward position of warning strategists and students alike against drawing too many lessons from history. As quick ...

The Jan. 8 article, “Sure, We Teach History. But Do We Know Why It’s Important? ” (Big Ideas special report), noted that 78 percent of educators surveyed believe the primary purpose of teaching ...

In A Nutshell Holocaust survivors possess knowledge historians cannot fully replicate. Their understanding emerges from ...

Pew Research reveals a paradox: while interest in Christianity may be rising, only 22% of Americans read the Bible weekly and 61% rarely or never read it, often stumped by its unfamiliar genealogies ...