Sean Wilentz teaches history at Princeton University

Sean Wilentz's Salon stories

Monday, Apr 7, 2008 05:00 PDT

Why Hillary Clinton should be winning

Under a winner-take-all primary system, Hillary Clinton would have a wide lead over Barack Obama -- and enough delegates to clinch the nomination by June.
Tuesday, Apr 13, 2004 17:37 PDT

Don't know much about history

Condoleezza Rice dismissed the Aug. 6 PDB that warned of al-Qaida attacks against the U.S. as "historical." She was dead wrong -- and as a historian herself, she has no excuse.
Monday, Jun 9, 2003 14:59 PDT

The media gets impeachment wrong again

Even as journalists admit "The Clinton Wars" reveals the insanity of the right-wing crusade against the president, they're dismissing the book as "history."
Monday, May 12, 2003 14:55 PDT

The racist skeletons in Charles Pickering's closet

President Bush dumped Trent Lott because of his segregationist baggage. So why is he fighting relentlessly for a judge who has refused to come clean about his own bigoted past?
Tuesday, Nov 12, 2002 13:26 PST

How the Confederate flag flap helped the GOP

Democratic governors in South Carolina and Georgia lost at least partly because of their courageous stands against a divisive symbol of racism.
Tuesday, Nov 5, 2002 04:46 PST

The Democratic Party needs Mondale even more than Minnesota does

The GOP has long relied on its senior lawmakers to wield power on Capitol Hill. But savvy veterans have been in short supply on the other side of the aisle.

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