American studies Archives - The American Scholar

The Virtue of an Educated Voter

By Alan Taylor | 09/06/2016 |

The Founders believed that a well-informed electorate preserves our fragile democracy and benefits American society as a whole

America’s Snake

By Stephanie Bastek | 05/24/2016 |

An excerpt from Ted Levin’s new book about the rise and fall of the rattlesnake