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Articles by Timothy C. Hemmis
The Two Thanksgivings Between Halloween and Christmas
In the United States, November 11th has been known as Veterans Day since 1954 (before that, it was known as Armistice Day). Originally, Veterans Day commemorated the Allies’ victory in World War I. However, after the Second World War, veterans of that conflict including Dwight Eisenhower pushed to expand the holiday to honor all veterans. In many ways, this holiday is about giving thanks to those who have served in wars to protect the United States of America.
This July Fourth, Remember the ‘Founding Scoundrels’
[This article was originally published on July 3, 2023.] AS AMERICANS CELEBRATING INDEPENDENCE DAY, we tend to want to remember the ideal promised by the new nation: that the United States would be a place where high-minded people led virtuous citizens in a spirit of well-ordered liberty.
PREVIEW: Conspiracy for Dinner
Aaron Burr recruits for an uprising in the West This essay is a Preview, a new occasional feature at Current and a companion to our Review features. In Previews we publish short excerpts from new and upcoming books that tell a good story and fit our general mission of commentary, reflection, judgment. This essay has been adapted from A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation, edited by David Head and Timothy C. Hemmis. Pegasus Books, 2023.
PREVIEW: Conspiracy for Dinner
Aaron Burr recruits for an uprising in the West This essay is a Preview, a new occasional feature at Current and a companion to our Review features. In Previews we publish short excerpts from new and upcoming books that tell a good story and fit our general mission of commentary, reflection, judgment. This essay has been adapted from A Republic of Scoundrels: The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation, edited by David Head and Timothy C. Hemmis. Pegasus Books, 2023.
The Many Ways to Be a Scoundrel in Early America
In the summer of 1787, as the Constitutional Convention took place in Philadelphia, General James Wilkinson journeyed to New Orleans to visit Spanish Governor Esteban Miró, ostensibly about obtaining a monopoly on trade down the Mississippi River from Kentucky.
This July Fourth, Remember the ‘Founding Scoundrels’
As Americans celebrating Independence Day, we tend to want to remember the ideal promised by the new nation: that the United States would be a place where high-minded people led virtuous citizens in a spirit of well-ordered liberty. That’s what Thomas Paine meant in 1776 when he wrote that “we have every opportunity and every encouragement before us, to form the noblest, purest constitution on the face of the earth.” And it’s certainly how the Founding Fathers themselves wanted to be remembered.
A Republic of Scoundrels
The Schemers, Intriguers, and Adventurers Who Created a New American Nation Edited by David Head and Timothy Hemmis Published by Pegasus Books Distributed by Simon & Schuster Hardcover LIST PRICE $32.00 PRICE MAY VARY BY RETAILER Table of Contents About The Book The Founding Fathers are often revered as American saints; here are the stories of those Founders who were schemers and scoundrels, vying for their own interests ahead of the nation’s We now have a clear-eyed understanding of Founding...
The Founders drew a line between peaceful protest and armed insurrection
Timothy C. Hemmis, The Washington Post Published 9:32 am CDT, Thursday, April 30, 2020 Recently, Americans have taken to the streets in East Lansing, Michigan, Austin, Pittsburgh and other cities across the nation to protest local stay-at-home orders restricting nonessential businesses and travel. Some of them have been conspicuously armed.
Perspective | The Founders drew a line between peaceful protest and armed insurrection
Recently, Americans have taken to the streets in East Lansing, Mich., Austin, Pittsburgh and other cities across the nation to protest local stay-at-home orders restricting nonessential businesses and travel. Some of them have been conspicuously armed, most recently at the Michigan state capitol on Thursday. President Trump has encouraged such protests, even stoking the idea of insurrection with tweets calling for liberation of Minnesota, Michigan and Virginia.
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