Despite losing the 2020 popular vote, President Trump nearly won a second term by capturing enough Electoral College votes to remain in the White House. This year’s close results, combined with ...

Dr. Allen C. Guelzo is the director of Initiative on Politics & Statesmanship in the James Madison Program in American Ideals and Institutions at Princeton University, and is the author of "Lincoln ...

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi startled journalists at her weekly news conference on Thursday by her advice that Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden shouldn’t bother publicly debating ...

A tantalizing historical might-have-been will be the focus of the address “What if Lincoln Had Lived?” by world-renowned Lincoln scholar Dr. Allen C. Guelzo of Princeton University on Friday, Sept. 16 ...

A recent commentary written by Heritage Foundation visiting fellow Allen Guelzo is getting some much-needed attention in the state of Delaware. The op-ed highlights the various issues that plague ...

The MarketWatch News Department was not involved in the creation of this content. PRINCETON, N.J., July 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- In recognition of his lifelong commitment to American history and the ...

As a historian, Allen C. Guelzo is acutely aware of how perceptions change over time. When he started his latest biography, “Robert E. Lee: A Life,” back in 2014, “Lee was a different person,” he says ...

Since the end of the Civil War, Robert E. Lee’s dignified visage has been the most formidable emblem of the “Lost Cause” tradition, which portrayed the Confederacy’s bid for independence as a noble ...

Three new books explore the complications of liberty and the seductions of authoritarianism in American life. Credit...John Gall Supported by By Parker Henry Parker Henry, a graduate student in ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By David Goldfield ROBERT E. LEE A Life By Allen C. Guelzo The historian Allen C. Guelzo is a ...