journalist, grand historian and speechwriter from England (1928–2023)
Historian Paul Johnson asks Forbes magazine readers to consider whether Russia’s current strongman can be compared reasonably to Germany’s most famous power-mad dictator. Today’s drift toward war with Russia seems…
The recent Geneva agreement designed to limit Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons capability prompts some interesting observations in the latest Forbes magazine from historian Paul Johnson. Other than such active…
The 84-year-old London-based historian Paul Johnson recently scared a burglar out of his house. The experience prompted a Forbes magazine column about the value of the rule of law. Britain,…
Just because the United States has the military might to address perceived problems in Syria, Egypt, or other parts of “the Muslim world,” historian Paul Johnson argues in the latest…
Historian Paul Johnson devotes his latest Forbes column to the potential dangers associated with rogue states pursuing nuclear weapons. Today’s three superpowers–the U.S., Russia and China–have no conflicts of interest…
Advocates of big government often tout ideas popularized by 20th-century British economist John Maynard Keynes — ideas such as government stimulus. As historian Paul Johnson notes in his latest Forbes…
Garland Tucker, author of The High Tide of American Conservatism, believes Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney could learn some lessons from another former Massachusetts governor: Calvin Coolidge. Tucker explains in…
British historian and author Paul Johnson accepts the argument that the American economy is improving. As Johnson explains to Forbes readers, he rejects the notion that President Obama had anything…
Like self-proclaimed “rational optimist” Matt Ridley, the historian Paul Johnson contends there’s little evidence supporting the gloom-and-doom prophecies that have cropped up periodically since the end of World War II.…
His last book delved into 2,400-year-old material, but Paul Johnson’s latest Forbes column looks ahead to November. Johnson identifies “certain simple yet definite characteristics” common to successful presidents — decisiveness,…
If you enjoy Paul Johnson’s unique take on history, you’ll appreciate his new examination of the life — and death — of Socrates. Subtitled “A Man For Our Times,” this…
Guilford County Commission Chair Skip Alston —– now a de facto PART board member with fellow Commissioner Carolyn Coleman’s illness —– floats the idea of the regional transportation agency taking…