Dennis L. PetersonFeb 29, 20162 minThoughts on Leap YearNearly every four years (I’ll let you figure out the exceptions), a day must be added to the calendar because we lose six hours a year...
Dennis L. PetersonFeb 22, 20164 minThoughts on the SC GOP Presidential PrimarySouth Carolinians can now have some peace and quiet for a few months. With the Republican presidential primary now history, they will...
Dennis L. PetersonFeb 16, 20162 minThe Duty of the HistorianHow many historians today fulfill the following few simple criteria, making them worthy of their calling as historians? How many even try...
Dennis L. PetersonFeb 8, 20162 minIntellectual HumilityMore than twenty-five years ago, I interviewed a man who was outwardly the least likely candidate to be an expert on anything, let alone...