A historian's Substack that uses the American past to examine current political crises, with recent posts on prediction markets, misconceptions about Aaron Burr, and a close reading of Danielle Allen's book on Thomas Paine. Readers get pointed corrections of popular historical claims, backed by close reading of sources.

Essays on 19th-century German Lutheran history in America, drawing on primary sources such as Der Lutheraner and Lehre und Wehre. Each issue closely reads a single archival page or column and places it in its historical context, with an audio version available.

Mothership is a history newsletter that uses past episodes, such as nineteenth-century housekeeping manuals, Henry Adams's struggle with technological change, and historical child mortality, to think about the future and how technology reshapes society. Each issue is a long-form essay with cited sources and a reflective, argumentative voice.

Florilegium is a long-form personal newsletter by George Grant blending history, theology and essays on rhetoric and forgotten figures. Recent issues explore the rhetorical device adynaton with biblical and literary examples, and profile Cyrus Griffin, a little-known president under the Articles of Confederation.