Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds is an early study of crowd psychology by Scottish journalist Charles Mackay, first published in 1841 ...

Karl Rove contends that the president ‘presided over the Tariff of Abominations.’ This requires some clarification.

This requires some clarification. The Tariff of Abominations was signed into law by John Quincy Adams in 1828. It was a major issue in that year’s election that swept Jackson and his new party ...