The rule: Only mention the good parts of American history.

Everywhere you look in American history, you will find the language, stories, and concepts from the Old and New Testaments.

James Longstreet became a champion of Reconstruction. Why?

On what would have been Honest Abe's 205th birthday, a look back at what this magazine had to say about him during his term and beyond

Since the Civil War, Union rhetoric has justified military adventurism -- so it's no accident that neo-Confederates and nativists are often the loudest anti-imperial voices.