Ted Widmer
How the Census Changed America
The simple act of enumeration created data processing, led to the establishment of the National Archives, and rooted a rootless people.
Lenin and the Russian Spark
A hundred years ago this week, a German train that had been secretly carrying Lenin and other revolutionaries ended its journey in St. Petersburg.
Draining the Swamp
From the beginning, the creators of Washington, D.C., went to some trouble to conceal that their capital was built on shaky ground.
An Immigrant Named Trump
Like millions of immigrants, Friedrich Trump disembarked at Castle Garden, in New York, and made his way in a crowded, polyglot, grossly unequal city.
How the Census Changed America
The simple act of enumeration created data processing, led to the establishment of the National Archives, and rooted a rootless people.
Lenin and the Russian Spark
A hundred years ago this week, a German train that had been secretly carrying Lenin and other revolutionaries ended its journey in St. Petersburg.
Draining the Swamp
From the beginning, the creators of Washington, D.C., went to some trouble to conceal that their capital was built on shaky ground.
An Immigrant Named Trump
Like millions of immigrants, Friedrich Trump disembarked at Castle Garden, in New York, and made his way in a crowded, polyglot, grossly unequal city.