I am so proud to share the cover of America’s Founding Son, my first book! Many of you know I've been fascinated with our very first political maverick, John Quincy Adams, for a long time, and the story of his leadership feels needed right now. This one is coming on March 10, 2026 @zandoprojects

So sad. Mark was the chronicler of the Presidency… if you wanted to know how many times GWB played golf, for example, or how many books Obama read aloud at the Easter Egg roll, you asked him. We never met but we had many exchanges on the Other Site and I’m glad he knew how much I valued his work.

Annals of things I never thought I’d say: I was delighted to discuss the Electoral College — America’s Worst Idea™ — with the bassist from the Avett Brothers, Bob Crawford. www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...

Join ‪@bobcrawfordbass.bsky.social‬ as he tackles listener questions with top historians, exploring everything from the Revolutionary War to legendary rock feuds. Curious about America’s past?

In an era that looked as if it might be defined by an American man of depraved cruelty, corruption & shame, what a magnificent thing the Catholic Church has done. The elevation of an American man of goodness, grace, humility, mercy & faith to the Throne of St. Peter is moving & momentous for us all.

American History Hotline! Coming this Summer from @iheartmedia.bsky.social We need your questions! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/f...

What I love about @roadtonow.bsky.social podcast (and the personalities of hosts @bobcrawfordbass.bsky.social and Ben Sawyer) is that they don't just lament, they educate.

Pls share. As someone with stage IV cancer, we need to stop cancer research cuts at NIH www.change.org/p/do-not-cut... @bluephoenix718.bsky.social @callmemare.bsky.social @jgvarga.bsky.social @ptcontagion.bsky.social @marcusantonious.bsky.social @jeannette116.bsky.social

Black-throated Blue Warbler passing through. Orange Co, NC #birds #springmigration

Welcome back Wood Thrush! Looking forward to hearing your lovely summer songs. #birds

Gen Z and Millennials: In ten years when we’re still without a cure and you’re caring for your parents, remember what he did.

@bobcrawfordbass.bsky.social @roadtonow.bsky.social Great show! This quote stuck with me🔥 #nirvana

@adamweinstein.bsky.social As you point out, JQA successfully defended the Amistad captives before SCOTUS. As a post presidential member of Congress he also defended the first amendment right to petition the government against slavery. In doing so he was censored and twice narrowly avoided censure.

This is an adult male Northern Harrier, nicknamed gray ghost. Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge. #birds #alligatorrivernationalwildliferefuge

Join @roadtonow.bsky.social for an evening of Murder and Mayhem in Washington D.C. May 29th @ the Hamilton Live with @margarettalev.bsky.social Doug Heye, and Major Garrett. Tickets on sale now!

Tyrants view educated citizens as their greatest enemy. Slaveholders stopped the enslaved from learning to read. Nazis burned books. Dictators censor media. That’s why Trump is attacking education, science, museums, and the arts – to prevent us from learning. It's Fascism 101.

The House GOP CR is NOT "clean." It slashes funding for Army Corps projects by 44%—halting progress on port dredging & more. It cuts medical research, specifically research to treat our servicemembers, by 50%. And it reduces funding for lifesaving cancer research by $250M.

This is a super informed podcast on an important news story about an actual attempt to steal the vote in North Carolina. @bobcrawfordbass.bsky.social and Ben Sawyer with @anne-tindall.bsky.social.

This weekend on RTN on @siriusxm POTUS 124 we tell the history of #PEPFAR

NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.

Just read this graf. Share it with people you know who don’t pay attention to politics or news.

On this day in 1848. history.house.gov/Historical-H...

Trump’s Latest Loyalty Test: Cancer Research Funding open.substack.com/pub/thebulwa...

@jamesmbradley.bsky.social will be on Cumberland University's campus on Presidents' Day to deliver the Spring 2025 Cynthia Van Buren Lecture. After his talk on Martin Van Buren's 1848 presidential campaign, we'll have a book signing featuring James' new Van Buren biography!

I really enjoyed discussing my new book on Xavier Bonilla's terrific Converging Dialogues podcast. You can listen here: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/3...

The fine writer (and JQA biographer) James Traub gave my a book a nice write-up in the estimable Washington Monthly, a publication that comes out ... every two months. washingtonmonthly.com/2025/01/05/p...

The audio version of my book is out, and @paulwoodson.bsky.social's golden, sonorous narration is a sheer delight! (I know, I'm not exactly impartial here.) Now I know "Southwick" is pronounced "suth-ick." The info is here: rbmediaglobal.com/audiobook/97...

I had a blast talking about MVB and early US history with @bobcrawfordbass.bsky.social and @bensawyer.bsky.social on their excellent Road to Now podcast. You can listen here: theroadtonow.com/episodes/mar...

This is William Leuchtenburg. He has a new book out called Patriot Presidents, which I'm reading now. It's the first of a multivolume history of the presidency. He's 102. "I recognize that this project maybe be too ambitious," he writes. "But I am resolved to carry it through." An inspiration.

www.youtube.com/live/wKHRAvS... Looking forward to this!!

Again: Julie Mason is now almost the only news broadcaster that I can stand to listen to. She manages to turn the worst news into uplift. Today she chatted with a civil servant about the importance of her colleagues in defending our institutions. It's going to require courage in the near future.

Us politicians are proficient at speaking from both sides of our mouth. The media seems to accept things like this …

Lord of the nations, you see us from on high as we enter an unprecedented era. Surely you will not let the American experiment become something hateful? We cannot know your plans but we know your Son and his unconquerable love. Let us see others as He sees them.

Advent is near. I argue in my book (second-best selling of all my books, but not very influential so far!) that it is the duty of the church to resist premature Christmas promotion, 99% commercial in its origin and power. A rigorous Advent can be our liturgical and personal resistance.

. SOMETHING TO KEEP YOU OFF THE LEDGE: "If you ever get the blues about the status of American culture, there are still more public libraries than there are McDonald's. During the worst of the Depression, not one public library closed its doors." ~David McCullough

This right here is what I am talking about. Eliminating the Dept. of Education will deny children with disabilities like my daughter their right to an education. Private schools do not offer the support these kids need to succeed or even make through the day.

First draft: I say things. Second draft: This is what I meant to say. Third draft: This is what I meant to say but now in the right order and with less words.

when its goin good

Hello Bluesky. So happy to be here.