Abraham Lincoln decried the same xenophobic anti-immigration chatter in the 1850s that Donald Trump uses today. Donald Trump, the last Republican president, evidently figures immigrant-bashing will ...

In the mid-19th century a political movement known as the Know-Nothing party gained many followers. Sometimes known as the American Party with the ever popular Millard Fillmore as its standard-bearer, ...

These days calling someone a “know-nothing” could mean one of two things. If you’re a student of history, you might be comparing that person to a member of the Know Nothing party of the 1850s, a ...

Dear Mexican: I’m surprised by the choice of the word “amnesty” by those who would demonize immigration reform, especially in the South. Doesn’t the modern well-being of many Southerners derive in ...

Elon Musk’s plan to create a new political party puts him in the company of a long line of business and political titans looking to upend the two-party system that has dominated U.S. politics since ...

It is difficult to stay sane knowing literal elementary facts about history when dealing with America’s modern know-nothing party. The right-wing is safely ensconced in their safe space for bigotry ...

What do you know about Know Nothings in Lancaster County? Gil Delaney Lancaster Dear Gil: The Scribbler knows nothing. Fortunately, other people know something. From them the Scribbler has discovered ...

Donald Trump, the last Republican president, evidently figures immigrant-bashing will help make him the next one. But five years before he became the first Republican president, Abraham Lincoln ...