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3 reasons the American Revolution was a mistake Happy Fourth! By Dylan Matthewsdylan@vox.com Updated Jul 3, 2019, 9:55am EDT This July 4, let's not mince words: American independence in 1776 was a monumental mistake. We should be mourning the fact that we left the United Kingdom, not cheering it. Of course, evaluating the wisdom of the American Revolution means dealing with counterfactuals. As any historian would tell you, this is a messy business. We obviously can't be entirely sure how America would have fared if it had stayed in the British Empire longer, perhaps gaining independence a century or so later, along with Canada. But I'm reasonably confident a world in which the revolution never happened would be better than the one we live in now, for three main reasons: Slavery would've been abolished earlier, American Indians would've faced rampant persecution but not the outright ethnic cleansing Andrew Jackson and other American leaders perpetrated, and Amer

Skip to main content Subscribe and get a free tote. » The New Yorker Newsletter Sign In Subscribe The New Yorker Magazine and Tote Search News Books & Culture Fiction & Poetry Humor & Cartoons Magazine Puzzles & Games Video Podcasts Archive Goings On Shop The New Yorker The stories that matter. The humor you need. Subscribe now and get a free tote. Cancel anytime. Subscribe Already a subscriber? Sign in Get unlimited access to The New Yorker, plus a free tote. Subscribe now A Critic at Large May 15, 2017 Issue We Could Have Been Canada Was the American Revolution such a good idea? By Adam Gopnik May 8, 2017 The Revolution is the last bulwark of national myth but in sanctifying it we forget that it was more horrific than heroic. The Revolution is the last bulwark of national myth, but in sanctifying it we forget that it was more horrific than heroic.Illustration by Brian Stauffer And what if it was a mistake from t

Subscriptions Log in Don’t Sit on the Sidelines of History. Support Honest News. Join for $1 today. Curated For YouThe Raw Story PodcastUS NEWSOpinionvideoEthics Policyget the newsletter Ad Free Login Home New: Shop to Support Independent Journalism We Have Issues Trump U.S. News Video Ad Free Login Trumpists live in an alternate reality — but they believe in it, and that's terrifying Chauncey Devega, Salon August 27, 2021 Trumpists live in an alternate reality — but they believe in it, and that's terrifying Donald Trump supporters traveled from Newton, Massachusetts, to Washington to protest Joe Biden's election win(AFP) I had not seen my mother for two years, for reasons we all understand too well. Several weeks ago, I was finally able to journey home. It was wonderful to see my mother again. Blessed are those who can experience unconditional love, even if for only a few days. As I sat in that old, crooked, comfortable lounge chai

News & Politics Culture Food logo Science & Health Life Stories Video Republican delusion — not disinformation — is the bigger danger to American democracy Republicans voters aren't just delusional — even more frightening is how they've turned on democracy By Amanda Marcotte Published April 6, 2021 12:59PM (EDT) Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images) Protesters gather outside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Pro-Trump protesters entered the U.S. Capitol building after mass demonstrations in the nation's capital during a joint session Congress to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306

Period Second World War “The war without an end”: what happened in Europe after VE Day? “The war without an end”: what happened in Europe after VE Day? Try 3 issues of BBC History Magazine or BBC History Revealed for only £5! On 8 May 1945, Allied nations celebrated VE Day with elation – but, as Keith Lowe reveals, in much of Europe conflict was far from over... Expelled Germans leaving Poland's western territories Published: May 4, 2020 at 10:45 am In the summer of 1945, a train carrying refugees pulled out of a station in what’s now Slovakia, heading for Germany. Its passengers were German speakers being expelled from the country – in the wake of the Second World War, Czechoslovakians no longer wanted such people living in their midst. When the train passed through the town of Přerov in Moravia it was brought to a halt. The head of the local militia, a man named Karol Pazúr, forced everyone to disembark, claiming he wanted to carry out a search for former Nazis hi

Five myths about Jesus By Reza AslanSeptember 26, 2013 Reza Aslan is the author, most recently, of “Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth.” Perhaps no historical figure is more deeply mired in legend and myth than Jesus of Nazareth. Outside of the Gospels — which are not so much factual accounts of Jesus but arguments about His religious significance — there is almost no trace of this simple Galilean peasant who inspired the world’s largest religion. But there’s enough biblical scholarship about the historical Jesus to raise questions about some of the myths that have formed around Him over the past 2,000 years. 1. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. The first Christians seem to have had little interest in Jesus’s early years. Stories about His birth and childhood are conspicuously absent in the earliest written documents about Him: the letters of Paul (written between A.D. 50 and 60) and the Gospel of Mark (written after A.D. 70). But as interest in the person of Jesus increased

Facebook Twitter Show more sharing options Opinion Column: Why the Supreme Court is one of the biggest threats to American democracy The Supreme Court building under stormy skies It should be unthinkable that the Supreme Court would be party to overturning the will of voters based on a bad legal theory. (J. Scott Applewhite / Associated Press ) By Harry Litman Aug. 24, 2021 3 AM PT In the popular imagination, successful coups require the participation of the military. Carol Leonnig and Philip Rucker, in their latest book on the Trump presidency, “I Alone Can Fix It,” paint Gen. Mark A. Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, in heroic colors. During the runup to the 2020 election, Milley, worried about a “Reichstag moment,” resolved with his colleagues to thwart whatever the former president might try. The truth is, the biggest threat to American democracy isn’t a military coup, as Milley’s laudable behavior tends to show. The more probable danger is much less d