History provides context for today’s debates, elections, and public policy.
Historian and journalist James David Dickson explores forgotten campaigns, influential leaders, and the pivotal events that shaped Michigan’s political landscape.
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- by James David DicksonThe events of 2020 can never happen again.
- by James David DicksonMichigan election boss Jocelyn Benson keeps a bloated voter rolls, by design.
- by James David DicksonSherrone Moore joins Gary Moeller in the history books after firing, arrest. I joined the Matt Gaetz Show to talk about it.
- by James David DicksonRepublicans look to break 10-cycle losing streak in 2026 U.S. Senate race.
- by James David DicksonThis short film, created by the U.S. Government, put an image to the pain described in news stories. There was also a Lego-style simulation made.
- by James David DicksonAs Ohio State and Indiana battle for the Big Ten Championship in football, there is only one rooting option for the Michigan fan.
- by James David DicksonThe nicknames of several Big Ten schools are long-standing, research shows.
- by James David DicksonWatch history made as the final penny is pressed by the U.S. Treasury.
- by James David DicksonAncient footage a vivid reminder that the modern world was created. It did not always exist.
- by James David DicksonWhen America wanted to see Leon Czolgosz fry, Thomas Edison answered the bell.
- by James David DicksonKnowing is half the battle. The exclusive story of how Michigan was fortified, and how it could be again.
- by James David DicksonLBJ's 1965 immigration reform law changed the face of America. Because that was its intent.
- by James David DicksonWhat's banned today in Michigan will be taxed and regulated tomorrow.
- by James David DicksonWorld War I brought on "emergency" conditions. 108 years later the Michigan state troops still exist.
- by James David DicksonOn this day in 1910 — 115 years ago — the Italians of Detroit placed a bust of Christopher Columbus downtown.
- by James David DicksonMichigan looks as good in black-and-white as it does in technicolor. For the 10 million of Michigan, beauty is our inheritance.
- by James David DicksonBe careful who you let touch your history. Legacies are easier to break than build.
- by James David DicksonActivist pressure and white guilt has the Bay State on the brink of an historic mistake. But the best thing to do with mistakes is, don't make 'em
- by James David DicksonFrom 1901 to 2025, soft men with no futures have killed our leaders and brought pain to America. Leon Czolgosz and Tyler Robinson are what "toxic masculinity" looks like.
- by James David DicksonFor two generations of Czolgoszs, "the ends justified the means" when it came to murder. Allegedly.
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