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American University Professor Daniel Dreisbach argued that the Bible had a significant influence on the American Constitution. After his remarks, a panel of historians debated this premise. …

Historians Douglas Brinkley, Edna Greene Medford, and Russell Shorto talked about what it means to be an American.

Russell Shorto talked about his book Revolution Song, in which he looks at America’s founding through the lives of six people, including a cobbler-cum-politician, a freed slave, the daughter…

Historian Russell Shorto, author of Amsterdam: A History of the World’s Most Liberal City, talked about how New York has been influenced by the Dutch, who originally colonized the area and n…

Author Russell Shorto discussed his book The Island at the Center of the World: The Epic Story of Dutch Manhattan and the Forgotten Colony that Shaped America, published by Doubleday. The b…