Column: The Salem Witch Trials — polarization, fear and reconciliation
Feeling overwhelmed by the polarization and bitterness in our society today? The Salem Witch Hysteria of 1692 offers historical perspective on the divisions in America in 2021, but it also suggests ideas for reconciliation.
Column: The causes of the Civil War — ominous warning for today?
Historian Michael Holt wrote about the causes of the secession crisis and the subsequent Civil War in his book “The Political Crisis of the 1850s”. Does any of this sound familiar?