Michael Corcoran, prominent Austin music journalist and historian, has died. He was 68. Family members confirmed Monday afternoon that he was found deceased in his Buda residence. An autopsy has been scheduled to discover the cause of death. Corcoran, who wrote in a sometimes gruff, inimitable manner for the American-Statesman, Austin Chronicle, Dallas Morning News, […]
WASHINGTON – Allan Lichtman, the historian who has correctly forecast the results of nine out of the 10 most recent presidential elections argued on Saturday that replacing President Joe Biden could cost Democrats the 2024 election. Lichtman, a professor at American University, rejected the growing chorus of political pundits and Democratic activists who have called on Biden, 81, to bow […]
Marvin Dunn, one of Florida’s most esteemed historians, will broaden the scope of his “Teach the Truth” tours thanks to a $1.5 million grant courtesy of the Mellon Foundation. The funding will allow Dunn to expand the tour, which currently takes attendees to sites of racial violence across Florida, to other southern states. “Florida was […]
A cultural historian and the president of Stony Brook University has been named the 24th president of Yale University. Maurie McInnis, who earned her Ph.D. in art history, will succeed Peter Salovey as of July 1. She was the unanimous choice of the Yale Corporation, the university’s board of trustees, according to Josh Bekenstein, senior […]
It was another chaotic week for the GOP: its presumptive presidential nominee shared a video referencing a “unified Reich,” its members began peddling another absurd and debunked conspiracy theory, and a second provocative flag was spotted at a second residence owned by conservative Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito. “Fascism isn’t a day job,” says historian […]
Caleb Carr, the gifted son of Beat poet Lucien Carr who endured a traumatising childhood and became a bestselling novelist, accomplished military historian and late-life memoirist of his devoted cat, Masha, has died at 68. Carr died of cancer on Thursday, according to an announcement from his publisher, Little, Brown and Company. “Caleb lived his […]
May 1—The Delaware County Historical Association will hold a history conference Saturday, May 11. Members of local historical societies, local historians and members of the general public are invited to attend the conference — “Making History in Delaware County,” a news release said. The association started holding a history conference in 2009, and held them […]
The Republican National Committee chair turned NBC politics analyst Ronna McDaniel “tried to disassemble our democracy” by supporting Donald Trump’s electoral fraud lies and should not be given such a media role, a leading historian said amid uproar over the appointment. “What NBC has done is they’ve invited into what should be a normal framework […]
Russia’s economy appears resilient amid its war with Ukraine which has entered its third year. But it’s uncertain if the Russians themselves can put up with the impact from the war for much longer, an economic historian told The Guardian. Military spending has reached 40% of Russia’s budget, overshadowing social spending. Russia’s economy appears resilient after […]
The “Keys to the White House” are being handed out, predicting President Biden currently holds a slight lead in a hypothetical 2024 matchup against former President Donald Trump. Allan Lichtman, an election prognosticator who has correctly predicted nearly every presidential race since 1984, developed a formula that is used to make predictions about an upcoming […]