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"A historian is often only a journalist facing backwards." -- Karl Kraus

Mark S. Byrnes is Chair and Professor of History at Wofford College in Spartanburg, SC.

Feb 2, 2018

The Nunes Memo, “Bias,” and the Skills of the Historian

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Aug 16, 2017

The Right Words

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

May 27, 2017

Why Trump's Snub of NATO Matters

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Jan 20, 2017

The Era of Bad Feelings?

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Dec 12, 2016

What Was 2016 About? Who We Are and What Values We Cherish.

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Jul 30, 2016

Will Khizr Khan be Donald Trump’s Joseph Welch?

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Jun 7, 2016

“We Find the Republican Party Busily Chewing on Itself”

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

May 24, 2016

Trump Isn't a Fascist. He Has Fascist Instincts.

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Mar 29, 2016

Orrin Hatch's Embarrassing New York Times Op-Ed

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Feb 16, 2016

Ted Cruz's Phony Supreme Court "Tradition"

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Dec 9, 2015

The American Reaction to Refugees Since 1924

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Nov 23, 2015

The American Reaction to Refugees, 1848-1924

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Nov 15, 2015

The American Reaction to Refugees in the Early Republic

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Sep 20, 2015

Ben Carson's "Know-Nothing" Attitude Toward Islam

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Jun 24, 2015

This Flag Needs to Go Down--So Does the Lie it Represents

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Jun 16, 2015

It's Ok to Celebrate Magna Carta

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Apr 9, 2015

"Unconditional Surrender" in Iran

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Feb 1, 2015

"There Was a Right Side and a Wrong Side": Art and Historical Memory

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Dec 14, 2014

Dick Cheney’s David Frost Moment

by Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards

Oct 20, 2014