Winner: Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize In 2007, for the first time in nearly seventy years, the Supreme Court decided to hear a case involving the Second Amendment. The resulting decision in District of Columbia v. Heller (2008) was the first time the Court declared a firearms restriction to be unconstitutional on the basis of the Second Amendment. ......
George W. Bush's use of the war on terror to justify the creation of a unitary executive, acting outside and even against the law, was a source of praise and blame for his administration. Immediately after 9/11, a constitutionalist would have worried about the peril of executive power, but today he might worry that we ignore its promise and ......
1898 and the Construction of America's Imperial Identity
Leading scholars of American empire examine the construction of American imperial identity at the tail end of the nineteenth century. The War of 1898-also known as the Spanish-American War-was a pivotal moment in American history, in which the United States initiated an ostensibly humanitarian war against Spain in April yet emerged eight months ......
First Place, International Latino Book Awards for Best Biography For Ernest "Ernie" Garcia, the American dream began in Mexico more than a hundred years ago. Ernie, raised in Kansas, became the US Senate sergeant at arms and escorted President Ronald Reagan to the podium to deliver the State of the Union address. After the president's speech, ......
The Wilmot Collins Story-from Liberian Refugee to the First Black Mayorin Montana
The incredible true story of how Wilmot Collins fled his war-torn African homeland to make a new home in America, becoming a community activist, a political leader, and an inspiration for hope in a time of rising anti-immigration sentiment. Run tells the inspiring story of Wilmot Collins, who fled the brutal and bloody Liberian Civil War in the ......
Flyover Country? Fly over THIS. This is the story of how postpunk crashed into the Midwest and rewrote the rules. When most people think postpunk, they picture London or Manchester-lThe Cure, PiL, Joy Division-or the coasts, from Minutemen in California to Bush Tetras in New York. But far from the major labels and media spotlights, a different ......
Kansas Journalists Who Proved Why Commentary Matters-Then and Now
A nationally acclaimed opinion editor provides a winsome and eye-opening tour through the golden age of Kansas journalism, proving why local newspapers and incisive commentary are indispensable for an informed public. William Allen White famously asked, "What's the matter with Kansas?" But he was not the only local journalist raising important ......
J. Samuel Walker recounts the dramatic standoff between a populist Republican president and protesting college students-and what the crisis of higher education under President Nixon can teach us today. College students frustrated with the state of American society and foreign policy under a Republican president, rising up in protest across the ......
Thomas Jefferson and the Language of American Democracy
The Declaration of Independence is Thomas Jefferson's most enduring contribution, but his many lesserknown declarations offer essential lessons for what it takes to keep American democracy alive. Thomas Jefferson spent his life writing declarations. He believed that the written word could shape democracy, and he worked tirelessly to do so. ......
