Mark Byrnes's Facing Backwards
"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.
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Aug 16, 2017 10:34 am
The Right Words
by Mark Byrnes
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May 27, 2017 3:30 pm
Why Trump's Snub of NATO Matters
by Mark Byrnes
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Jan 19, 2017 10:38 pm
The Era of Bad Feelings?
by Mark Byrnes
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Dec 11, 2016 9:22 pm
What Was 2016 About? Who We Are and What Values We Cherish.
by Mark Byrnes
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Jul 30, 2016 3:02 pm
Will Khizr Khan be Donald Trump’s Joseph Welch?
by Mark Byrnes
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Jun 7, 2016 7:36 pm
“We Find the Republican Party Busily Chewing on Itself”
by Mark Byrnes
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May 24, 2016 10:53 am
Trump Isn't a Fascist. He Has Fascist Instincts.
by Mark Byrnes
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Mar 28, 2016 11:03 pm
Orrin Hatch's Embarrassing New York Times Op-Ed
by Mark Byrnes
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Feb 15, 2016 7:27 pm
Ted Cruz's Phony Supreme Court "Tradition"
by Mark Byrnes
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Dec 8, 2015 11:39 pm
The American Reaction to Refugees Since 1924
by Mark Byrnes
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Nov 22, 2015 10:36 pm
The American Reaction to Refugees, 1848-1924
by Mark Byrnes
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Nov 15, 2015 6:52 pm
The American Reaction to Refugees in the Early Republic
by Mark Byrnes
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Sep 20, 2015 5:46 pm
Ben Carson's "Know-Nothing" Attitude Toward Islam
by Mark Byrnes
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Jun 23, 2015 9:33 pm
This Flag Needs to Go Down--So Does the Lie it Represents
by Mark Byrnes
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Jun 16, 2015 11:40 am
It's Ok to Celebrate Magna Carta
by Mark Byrnes
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Apr 8, 2015 8:08 pm
"Unconditional Surrender" in Iran
by Mark Byrnes
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Feb 1, 2015 5:03 pm
"There Was a Right Side and a Wrong Side": Art and Historical Memory
by Mark Byrnes
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Dec 14, 2014 6:46 pm
Dick Cheney’s David Frost Moment
by Mark Byrnes
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Oct 19, 2014 9:23 pm
Can Obama Do in Iraq What Nixon and Ford Couldn't in Vietnam?
by Mark Byrnes
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Sep 28, 2014 9:57 pm
Obama's Playing “Small Ball” in Iraq and Syria
by Mark Byrnes
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