Archive - PastPresentFuture

How to judge a decision

Hint: Ignore the outcome.

23 hrs ago •

Modern democracies need civic nationalism. And national stories.

23 hrs ago •

Puzzles in Munich

When is a thing that thing?

Jun 12 •

Don't be fooled by propaganda masquerading as history

Jun 9 •

May 2025

April 2025

The Wisdom of Henry Stimson

Donald Trump is burning what better men made law

Apr 26 •

My Dinner With Adolf

Even monsters can be charming, notes Larry David. And here's proof.

Apr 21 •

The War On History

Donald Trump's cartoonish view of history endangers collective memory

Apr 19 •

The White House of Louis XVI

One of the worst abuses of pre-revolutionary France may come to America

Apr 15 •

The golden age, trust, from Wilson to Trump, and Canadian history

Apr 13 •

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