Pat Murphy • Nelson Voice

The political fragility of George H.W. Bush

Posted by Pat Murphy | Dec 5, 2018

The late U.S. president had an authenticity problem that would never quite go away

Posted by Pat Murphy | Nov 30, 2018

History says midterms don’t necessarily point to a change. And who the Democrats nominate to run will have a big say

Posted by Pat Murphy | Nov 23, 2018

But large-scale medieval violence and plundering wasn’t uniquely Viking – not by a long stretch

Posted by Pat Murphy | Nov 16, 2018

The onetime British PM’s apparent affable, avuncular nature masked a lethal ruthlessness

Posted by Pat Murphy | Nov 9, 2018

The concept of loyalty to king and empire may be incomprehensible to us, but It was part and parcel of who those young soldiers were