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“Providence, or Some Good Honest Fellow”
The ruins of Trinity Church, following the Great New York Fire of September 1776
Trinity Church was disappearing into flames.
In the early morning hours of Saturday, September 21, 1776, British Captain Frederick Mackenzie of the Royal We...
The Greatest Man in the World
King George III had plenty of reasons to dislike George Washington. Losing thirteen colonies to a guy tends to put a strain on a relationship.
Yet Washington’s decision to surrender the presidency earned the British monarch’s admiration....
More Perfect
On the morning of September 18, 1787, James Madison woke up in Mrs. House’s boardinghouse at the corner of Fifth and Market Streets in Philadelphia, a short walk from the Pennsylvania State House, where he’d spent the last four months servi...
Why We Fight
This past Friday, September 11, I attended a formally informal reunion in New York City, with about 60 Marines with whom I spent 18 months on active duty following the 9/11 terror attacks.
The attendees were all alumni of 2nd Battalion, 25...
They Can Keep That F***ing Job
(Originally published on September 11, 2023)
(Originally published Sept 11, 2024)
My father retired from the NYPD in 1988, after serving as a police officer for 20 years. Much of that time was spent in the 71st Precinct, in Crown Heights,...
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