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Avoiding Biased History takes a look at the latest book by Peter S, Canellos entitled "Revenge for the Sixties: Sam Alito and the Triumph of the Conservative Legal Movement."

The search for objective truth in history is taking place at the Smithsonian Institute as the debate continues over Avoiding Biased History.

Everyone knows Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic to become America's hero and everyone knows that Henry Ford revolutionized the global industry with the car assembly line. But did you know that Lindbergh and Ford may have been Nazi sympathizers?

Everyone knows Charles Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic to become America's hero and everyone knows that Henry Ford revolutionized the global industry with the car assembly line. But did you know that Lindbergh and Ford may have been Nazi sympathizers?

The murder of Charlie Kirk launched a national debate over left-wing violence. This episode covers three different waves of left-wing violence in America over the last century.

The murder of Charlie Kirk launched a national debate over left-wing violence. This episode covers three different waves of left-wing violence in America over the last century.

Throughout American history, the political pendulum has swung back and forth in dealing with economics. FDR's liberal consensus favored growing the middle class, while in 2026-- Reaganomics mostly helps the rich.

Throughout American history, the political pendulum has swung back and forth in dealing with economics. FDR's liberal consensus favored growing the middle class, while in 2026-- Reaganomics mostly helps the rich.

John J. Mearsheimer of the University of Chicago argues that the two most important principles in the Declaration of Independence are liberalism and nationalism. In this tug-of-war, Mearsheimer argues that "nationalism wins every time.":

What type of person dominates United States history? Is it the powerful man who uses violence like Donald Trump and Stephen Miller or the man who uses debate and nonviolence like MLK? Today's podcast analyzes the tension created by the strong man John Wayne vs. the man of books in Jimmy Stewart in the Western film: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance."

Asa/Forrest Carter was an unreconstructed Southerner and KKK leader who wrote George Wallace's signature line "segregation now, segregation tomorrow, and segregation forever," who also authored the "Outlaw Josey Wales."

Should the United States government set goals that every American should have a home. a job, and an education? Well, a few months before D-Day in 1944, President FDR promoted these very ideas in his Second Bill of Rights speech.

The 1920s produced an extreme right-wing reaction to change brought on by new immigration. A backlash produced the Second Ku Klux Klan which went mainstream in the United States during the Twenties.

Should the United States government set goals that every American should have a home. a job, and an education? Well, a few months before D-Day in 1944, President FDR promoted these very ideas in his Second Bill of Rights speech.

Vietnam veteran Dennis Busch is the author of "The Real Heroes of Omaha Beach." Here is a book review of D-Day, the story of the GIs who won the battle, looking at history from the bottom up.