Autumn/Fall is the best season. My favorite places to experience it: 1) New England; 2) Scotland. Don't sleep on Virginia (and Maryland on the opposite shore). Unfiltered sunrises. over the Potomac on successive mornings

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Robert Parkinson speaks with Peter S. Onuf and Francis D. Cogliano about their new book Thomas Jefferson Survives. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/thomas-jeffe...

What a privilege to be the host here. @frankcogliano.bsky.social

SHEAR@shearites.bsky.social · 2d ago

A new episode of the Revolutionary America podcast is live! In this episode Robert Parkinson speaks with Peter S. Onuf and Francis D. Cogliano about their new book Thomas Jefferson Survives. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/thomas-jeffe...

Release date is tomorrow, Sept. 29

Voted early and went to the diner. Good America still exists.

Had a great time yesterday at James Monroe's Highland discussing the 250 volume with @uvapress.bsky.social's Nadine Zimmerli (our peerless editor) and @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social. Thanks to the folks who came out in the rain to talk about history!

Christening a baby is nothing like christening a ship. I know that now. Once again I can only apologise.

Nice crew to spend Saturday night with. Honored to see @agordonreed.bsky.social receive the 2026 Jay Medal at the Jay Heritage Center. @jbf1755.bsky.social

SW Connecticut isn't really New England but I've been gone so long I'll take it. #home

The _Jefferson Survives_ book tour took me to Virginia Military Institute in Lexington, VA. Mark Boonshoft was an excellent interlocutor and the cadets asked great questions.

What a difference a few minutes can make.

The folks at Mount Vernon are very gracious hosts. I recorded a podcast in my office and, apparently, I could be heard down the corridor, despite closing my door. When I apologized to a colleague down the hall, they said, "You're very good at projecting and we're delighted to have you here."

Had a great visit to Poplar Forest last week. Wonderful panel on the Declaration of Independence with local secondary students, plus a book talk (and signing).

@podmalm.bsky.social Your take on the (as yet incomplete) Swedish election? Please and thank you.

The Solheim Cup is better than the Ryder Cup in every way. Team interactions (both within and between the teams), fan behavior, overall vibes. Congratulations to the Europeans.

Donald Trump says a new 30-ft statue of George Washington is necessary outside the National Museum of American History - because apparently the 555-foot obelisk 2 blocks away just isn't enough.

The Wall Street Journal@wsj.com · 3w ago

President Trump wants more George Washington at the Smithsonian Institution, and less oppression talk on.wsj.com/4im4a48

Our foster dogs. Available for adoption from the North Central Florida Humane Society

the specific insanity of “what if i started a perpetually-escalating trade war with Canada two months before control of the senate is determined by voters in Maine and Michigan” is under-discussed here, just wild how unmoored from public opinion concerns the Trump admin has gotten

You know who actually did show up at Ground Zero? Canadian emergency rescue crews.

Upcoming events (in Virginia). 1. Sept. 10, 6:30 PM, Poplar Forest. Panel on the Declaration of Independence (looking forward to this, which includes @johnaragosta.bsky.social and local secondary students). www.poplarforest.org/event/explor...

Looking forward to discussing The American Revolution at 250 with @nicholasguyatt.bsky.social and Nadine Zimmerli at Highland on September 23 at 4:30 pm. highland.org/event/va250-...

VA250 Book Series: The American Revolution at 250 - September 23 - Highland

What does 1776 mean to us in 2026? That’s the question historians Frank Cogliano and Nick Guyatt discuss in Highland’s 250 Book Series program on September 23rd from 4:30 to 5:30 PM. You won’t want to miss perspectives on some of Read More ...

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It's still pretty hot in the middle of the day but the morning light says autumn's coming soon.

60 years ago #StarTrek The Original Series Premiered on NBC

Gave a talk on our new project the other day. One of the questions: "Have you been to Monticello?" "Yes, I've spent some time there," I replied. 😂

Pleasantly surprised to discover my pals @lmchervinsky.bsky.social and @rparkinson.bsky.social discussing Rob's excellent book, _Tyrants and Rogues_ on CSpan this afternoon.

seriously, the public has no sense of the scale of the budget. just straight up tell people that they cut health care to pay for the arch

I'm sure their loved ones feel differently. The exercise has become meaningless by now but imagine if Obama or Biden had said this.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 4w ago

Trump says 18 Americans dying fighting Iran is “small potatoes”

Here’s my op-ed on Chief Justice John Roberts whitewashed history of President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft. Roberts adoration of Taft’s “restraint” conveniently omits Taft’s racism, refusal to condemn lynching, and embrace of Lost Causism. That’s no accident. share.inquirer.com/IcPlmx

Will the real William Howard Taft please stand up?

Chief Justice John Roberts penned an incomplete, but revealing, tribute to former President and Chief Justice William Howard Taft.

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Gloria Steinem gave the commencement address when I got my BA. Among the things she said: "If you have to choose character or intelligence–in a friend or in a candidate–choose character. Intelligence without character is dangerous, but character without intelligence only slows down a good result."

We'll know the US-Canadian rupture is permanent if Canada switches from 8.5 x 11 paper to A4.