The Pendulum of American History

Will Patriotism Swing Back Our Way Again? A Historian's Thoughts on July 4th

I’ve been spending this summer researching the Bill of Rights, trying to learn how it came to be, as it seems now so fragile a bridge for our liberties. Which is another way of saying I’ve been hanging out with the Founding Fathers, yes those white men, some of them slave owners, who crafted our nation’s great foundational documents.

Recently I took a de…