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William Hogeland

William Hogeland is the author of the narrative histories "Declaration" and "The Whiskey Rebellion" and a collection of essays, "Inventing American History." His blog is Hysteriography.

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An excerpt from William Hogeland’s “Autumn of the Black Snake”

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A demonstrator from the Occupy Wall Street campaign stands with a dollar taped over his mouth as he stands in Zucotti Park near the financial district of New York September 30, 2011. (Lucas Jackson / Reuters)

“Occupy Wall Street,” today’s Whiskey Rebellion

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The Founding Fathers would have hated the debt ceiling

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The 1787 Philadelphia Convention

What Tea Partyers ignore about the Founders

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Alexander Hamilton

Happy Tax Day, Alexander Hamilton

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Edmund Randolph

The truth about Philadelphia 1787

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How John Adams and Thomas Paine clashed over inequality

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