Education
Good back-to-school book options
Joshua Lawson writes for the Federalist about reading options that can help returning students counteract political bias on high school and college campuses. Although it often begins as early as…
Paul Johnson
journalist, grand historian and speechwriter from England (1928–2023)
Liberty
JLF’s Garland Tucker in Real Clear History, “Then and Now: Appeasement Is Folly”
John Locke Foundation Senior Fellow, Garland Tucker, was featured in Real Clear History writing on what we can learn from history and what appeasement has taught us. Winston Churchill left…
Elections & Public Integrity
Donald Trump and Boris Johnson as allies?
Writing before Thursday’s Brexit vote and British Prime Minister David Cameron’s subsequent decision to resign from office, historian Paul Johnson already speculated in Forbes about the potential for a new…
Elections & Public Integrity
Historian Johnson counters the doom and gloom
Historian Paul Johnson offers a counterargument in Forbes for those who believe America is facing the worst of times. ONE OF THE ESSENTIAL characteristics of the U.S. is its capacity…
Liberty
Historian Johnson decries the success of political correctness
Paul Johnson examines the dangers of political correctness in his latest Forbes column. THE MENTAL INFECTION known as “political correctness” is one of the most dangerous intellectual afflictions ever to…
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Historian Johnson muses on European Union’s failings
British historian Paul Johnson uses his latest Forbes column to probe his homeland’s potential exit from the European Union. I have followed the foundation, growth and evolution of the EU…
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Historian Johnson pans Obama’s response to ISIS
British historian Paul Johnson shares with Forbes readers his unflattering assessment of the 44th president’s response to the nation’s largest foreign policy challenge. No, I’m not describing climate change. Only…
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Historian Paul Johnson muses on QEII’s impact
Paul Johnson‘s latest Forbes column focuses on British Queen Elizabeth’s record-setting reign. Queen Elizabeth II has reigned since the early 1950s, and during those decades Britain has successfully turned its…
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Historian Johnson ponders the U.S. abdication
Historian Paul Johnson devotes his latest Forbes column to the Obama administration’s concerted effort to minimize the American role in world affairs. UNDER PRESIDENT OBAMA the U.S. has effectively abdicated…
Law & Public Safety
Historian Johnson praises the new attorney general
British historian Paul Johnson offers Forbes readers a positive review of new U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch’s approach to the international soccer scandal. The U.S. won’t make good on any…
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Historian Johnson puts today’s dangers in context
Historian Paul Johnson asks Forbes readers to consider whether the world today is more dangerous than it has been in living memory. The biggest danger, theoretically, would be a full-scale…
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Historian Johnson ponders London’s appeal to the ‘superrich’
Historian Paul Johnson devotes his latest Forbes magazine column to an interesting economic fact regarding London. A remarkable fact of international life today is the emergence of London as one…