Jon Meacham

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Rethinking the Lessons of Vietnam
November 7, 2009

Napoleon was not a particularly philosophical man, but an observation of his that has come down to us bears thinking about. "What is history," he once asked rhetorically, "but a fable agreed-upon?"


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The Obama-Bush Connection
Obama is a lot more like Bush 43 than anyone involved would readily admit.
October 17, 2009

Cover Stories (22)
Cover Story
A Conversation with Barack Obama
What he's like now
May 16, 2009
Cover Story
A STORM IN THE BRAIN
The toll of epilepsy has been overlooked—and the research underfunded—for too long. A call to action.
April 11, 2009
Cover Story
The End of Christian America
The percentage of self-identified Christians has fallen 10 points in the past two decades. How that statistic explains who we are now—and what, as a nation, we are about to become.
April 4, 2009
Cover Story
We Are All Socialists Now
In many ways our economy already resembles a European one. As boomers age and spending grows, we will become even more French.
February 7, 2009

 
QUOTE FROM JON MEACHAM
open quoteThe trimming of the Obama proposal provides fresh evidence for what I believe is an enduring truth: that for many people, politics comes down to three things—protect my job, let me keep most of my money at tax time, and kill the terrorists before they come back. close quote