Andrew Burstein

Andrew Burstein is the Charles P. Manship Professor of History at Louisiana State University and coauthor with Nancy Isenberg of Madison and Jefferson.  His latest book is Democracy’s Muse: How Thomas Jefferson Became an FDR Liberal, a Reagan Republican, and a Tea Party Fanatic, All the While Being Dead.

George Washington; Andrew Johnson; Donald Trump
Donald Trump's unpardonable endgame: Does the president have unlimited power to pardon anyone? Andrew Burstein
Oprah Winfrey; Donald Trump
Celebrity monomania: Maybe Trump and Oprah aren't as different as we think Andrew Burstein
Dwight D. Eisenhower; Donald Trump
Eisenhower, Trump and hubris: We've had misguided presidents, but not like this Andrew Burstein
Thomas Jefferson; Donald Trump; Teddy Roosevelt
How will history view the Trump era? With contempt and amazement, for starters Andrew Burstein
Donald Trump; Reinhold Niebuhr
A vote for moral technology: Updating Reinhold Niebuhr to the age of Donald Trump Andrew Burstein
Written Out of History by Mike Lee
Mike Lee’s bad history: Utah senator's book is an ignorant hodgepodge concocted to justify the modern GOP Andrew Burstein
Listening to John Adams: The true conception of liberty is far larger than mean-spirited conservative ideology Andrew Burstein
American history: Fake news that never goes away — and empowered the Trumpian insurrection Andrew Burstein
John Adams; Donald Trump; Paris Hilton
Can we redeem "civic virtue" in the age of Donald Trump? John Adams might have understood what just happened Andrew Burstein
Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump
The godfather vs. the grandmother: How the 2016 election became a battle of "character" over substance Andrew Burstein
Donald Trump
“Greater Than We Currently Are,” not “Great Again”: Trump is perversely nostalgic when we should be looking forward Andrew Burstein
Bill Maher, Donald Trump, Jon Stewart
We beat Donald Trump by mocking Donald Trump: What Bill Maher and Barack Obama understand about whipping a bully Andrew Burstein
Elizabeth Warren
Elizabeth Warren's big win: The new, much-needed rule that could rein in Wall Street slime Andrew Burstein
Stop clinging to the Founding Fathers: The Andrew Jackson/Hamilton/Tubman debate is really about honest history Andrew Burstein
Ted Cruz, Donald Trump
Republicans really fall for this nonsense: The GOP is the party of stupid, but its voters are the deluded ones Andrew Burstein