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Jeffrey Wasserstrom

Jeffrey Wasserstrom is a professor of history at the University of California, Irvine and the author, most recently, of Vigil: Hong Kong on the Brink.

“Never Was History So Interesting”

“Never Was History So Interesting”

Reading, Writing, and Confinement in 1900

by Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Saturday, July 25, 2020
The Spirit of May 35th

The Spirit of May 35th

A tale of dissidence, exile, astrophysics, and puckish wit

by Jeffrey Wasserstrom | Monday, February 29, 2016

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So Help Me God

by Ted Widmer

Many presidential traditions have remained the same over the years, but the inaugural address has evolved. As the nation watches Joe Biden sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, revisit Ted Widmer’s essay on what he found by reading each of the previous addresses.

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