Dustin Bass
Dustin Bass is an author and co-host of The Sons of History podcast. He also writes two weekly series for The Epoch Times: Profiles in History and This Week in History.
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Jedidiah Morse: Father of American Geography
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a minister who possessed a keen interest in geography and a concern about Christian liberalism.
How the US–Iraq Relationship Devolved Into War
Decades of animosity swirl in Steve Coll’s ‘The Achilles Trap: Saddam Hussein, the C.I.A., and the Origins of America’s Invasion of Iraq.'
How a Minister’s Concern Birthed Our National Motto
In ‘This Week in History,’ US Treasurer Salmon Chase approved of an idea, early in the Civil War, that changed the history of American currency.
Dutch Subversion, British Aggression, the First US Ambassador
In ‘This Week in History,’ the Dutch and English battled for land, a revolution broke out, and a headstrong statesman became the first U.S. ambassador.
Joshua Slocum: A Man Made for Sailing
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet an old sailing captain whose industry becomes dominated by steam, leading him to try the unthinkable.
Gouverneur Kemble Warren: Map Genius, Wronged Hero
In this installment of ‘Profiles in History,’ we meet a topographer who became a military hero during the Civil War’s greatest battle.
A Physicist, Telephotography, and the Advent of Television
In ‘This Week in History,’ Herbert Hoover addresses a group of news reporters through what one newspaper claimed to be a ‘telephone with eyes.’
