History under siege
When it feels like the ground is shifting beneath our feet, we need to remember who we are and where we come from.
It’s not just the chaos, it’s also the substance.
In the spate of executive orders, it’s worth pausing to reflect on the kinds of things President Trump wants to accomplish with his unprecedented use of executive power.
The list is long and growing longer by the day, and I encourage you to peruse it yourself.
As a historian, one of the things I’ve been t…