Andrew Burstein (page 2)

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.

Donald Trump, Ted Cruz
Their brand is demagogic rage: Donald Trump, Ted Cruz and our sad new politics of anger and performance Andrew Burstein
Ted Cruz, Abraham Lincoln, Donald Trump, George Washington
Religion, patriotism, partisanship: Donald Trump and Ted Cruz's Presidents' Day history lesson Andrew Burstein
Ted Cruz
Ted Cruz has a very real birther problem: The law is not settled -- but the history is Andrew Burstein
Benjamin Franklin, Donald Trump
We have always been good haters: Our Donald Trump problem goes all the way back to the Founding Fathers Andrew Burstein
Donald Trump
This is the bluster of a phony: Donald Trump represents rage and rudeness, not populism Andrew Burstein
DIck Cheney, Donald Trump, George W. Bush
Freedom fries and chicken hawks: The American history mosque-closers and chest-thumpers must learn Andrew Burstein
Woodrow Wilson is not the Confederate flag: Scrubbing his name from Princeton is a bad idea Andrew Burstein
Bobby Jindal, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Chris Christie
This is what a demagogue sounds like: The patriotic appeal which can't be trusted Andrew Burstein
Donald Trump
Donald Trump is our creepy new face of demagoguery Andrew Burstein
Andrew Jackson, Thomas Jefferson
It's not Thomas Jefferson's fault: Race, the Confederate flag and the new historic correctness Andrew Burstein
William Randolph Hearst, Donald Trump
Donald Trump's third-rate ego monument: The billionaire wanna-be president who makes Trump look like a chump Andrew Burstein
Chris Christie, Donald Trump, Ted Cruz
GOP's toxic white male bluster: Trump, Cruz and Christie bully to overcompensate Andrew Burstein
Eleanor Roosevelt, Andrew Jackson, Rosa Parks
Let's boot Andrew Jackson too! We could have Rosa Parks and Eleanor Roosevelt on our currency Andrew Burstein
Ronald Reagan, Thomas Jefferson, Barack Obama
Thomas Jefferson's torturous afterlife: How Ronald Reagan and the Tea Party try to steal his legacy Andrew Burstein
Andrew Jackson, Robert F. Kennedy, Hillary Clinton
America's "scandal" problem: Andrew Jackson, RFK and today's demented politics Andrew Burstein