Stories by William Hogeland

William Hogeland is the author of The Whiskey Rebellion: George Washington, Alexander Hamilton, and the Frontier Rebels Who Challenged America's Newfound Sovereignty. subscribe to William Hogeland's feed

Why the Raw, Animalistic Female Libido Is Repressed

Posted on: Jun 6, 2013, Source: William Hogeland's blog

A new book by Daniel Bergner rejects age-old thinking about female sexuality.

Surprise! Evangelicals Were Once Radical Economic Populists Who Planted the Seeds of Our Own Struggles Against the 1%

Posted on: Nov 1, 2012, Source: University of Texas Press

In a new book on America's founding era popular-finance movement, William Hogeland brings us forgotten folk heroes who fought against early elites. Many were Bible-toting, end-time Christians.

The Founders’ Muddled Legacy on the Right to Bear Arms Is Killing Us

Posted on: Aug 14, 2012, Source: AlterNet

A case of 18th-century politicking has stymied our ability to deal with a 21st-century crisis.

The Racism-Conservatism Link: 'National Review' Firestorm Over Racism Calls Up William F. Buckley's Troubling Legacy

Posted on: Apr 23, 2012, Source: AlterNet

Did Buckley ever really renounce his defense of white supremacy in the South?

"How Could This Happen in America?" Why Police Are Treating Americans Like Military Threats

Posted on: Nov 22, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Why is the armed might of the state, (necessary in waging war against foreign enemies) being applied to domestic policing of local communities and peaceful protests?

4 Ways the Poor Get Screwed That Everyone Takes for Granted

Posted on: Nov 11, 2011, Source: AlterNet

Even if we're not in the 1%, lots of us still benefit every day from policies that burden the less financially fortunate.

Occupy Wall Street and the History of Democratic Finance Protest

Posted on: Oct 1, 2011, Source: Hysteriography

Why Debt Ceilings and Balanced-Budget Requirements Violate the Original Intent of the Constitution

Posted on: Aug 1, 2011, Source: New Deal 2.0

Economic Conflicts of the Founding Era Dispel Tea Party Myths…and Liberal Ones, Too

Posted on: May 11, 2011, Source: New Deal 2.0

Tea Partiers Have a Very Mixed-Up Notion of What the American Revolution Was About

Posted on: Mar 1, 2011, Source: NewDeal 2.0

Memo to Tea Party: The major political battle during the American Revolution was over the proper uses of money and credit. Not getting government out of the economy.

Sarah Palin and Michele Bachmann Would Call 18th-Century Philadelphia Freedom Fighters 'Un-American'

Posted on: Feb 23, 2011, Source: NewDeal 2.0

Right-wing efforts to cast passive government, unfettered markets, and wholesale tax resistance as the founding values of ordinary America have very little basis.