American Messiahs

<strong>Kevin O’Leary is a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Democracy at UC Irvine. He is finishing a book about the struggle between liberals and illiberals across American history.</strong>

Kevin O’Leary

A Cultural History of the Religious Fringe

"You always admire what you really don't understand."
<p style="padding-left: 30px;">— Blaise Pascal</p>

Religion

"You can't ignore politics, no matter how much you'd like to." — Molly Ivins

Politics

"Hegel was right when he said that we learn from history that man can never learn anything from history." — George Bernard Shaw

History

Kevin O’Leary is a research fellow at the Center for the Study of Democracy at UC Irvine. He is finishing a book about the struggle between liberals and illiberals across American history.