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Kevin Mattson

Kevin Mattson is the Connor Study Professor of Contemporary History at

Ohio University and author of ‘What the Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?’

Jimmy Carter, America’s ‘Malaise,’ and the Speech That Should Have Changed the Country.

Latest articles by Kevin Mattson

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President Trump’s “American carnage” speech fit into a long American traditionPresident Trump’s “American carnage” speech fit into a long American tradition
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It was a failed version of a Puritanical jeremiad

By Kevin Mattson