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January 18, 2026

You hear sometimes, now that we know the sordid details of the lives of some of our leading figures, that America has no heroes left.

When I was writing a book about the Wounded Knee Massacre, where heroism was pretty thin on the ground, I gave that a lot of thought. And I came to believe that heroism is neither being perfect, nor doing something spectacular. In fact, i...


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Here is the third installment of the Battle of the Bulge series in Journey to American Democracy.

It’s the story of what happened at Schnee Eifel, a forested ridge held by two untested units of the U.S. Army’s 106th Infantry Division when German troops launched the Battle of the Bulge on December 16, 1944.


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January 17, 2026

After the extraordinary pushback on President Donald J. Trump’s bizarre demand for Greenland, he has responded with what economist Paul Krugman called “a howl of frustration on the part of a mad dictator who has just realized that he can’t send in the Marines.”

In a long screed this morning, Trump’s social media account said the president is placing tariffs of 10% on al...


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