In 1861, the grandson of John Quincy Adams argued that slavery could still end without war.
What romance can teach us about the right way to wage war
His idea that the country’s interests and its values are two separate things—the first mandatory, the second optional—reflects a misreading of the past.
Honoring the cause while confronting and remembering sacrifice can be a complicated endeavor.
The commitment of ordinary citizens to democratic ideals is being tested each day—and its enduring strength is containing the damage of Trump’s presidency.
A letter to a civilian who deployed to Afghanistan
Ordinary people, when seduced by violent ideologies, can be extraordinarily brutal.
A tale of one of the most notorious journalistic forgeries of the twentieth century