Paul M. Lewis

IntroductionThe United States is a very large, powerful, and awesome national entity. Some of its states have annual budgets bigger than those of many nations. The national stimulus for growth, expansion, and development has been created out of the determination and drive that was first displayed...

Introduction The Spacious Land We Americans love to do a little occasional self-puffery, preening ourselves on what we have done as a country and expect to do in the future. A sense of optimism pervades our national consciousness and penetrates the manifold activities that we engage in on a...

The Missouri Waltz It's hard to settle on any one label to size up neatly the state of Missouri. Even Missouri's role in the affairs of the nation has changed over the years. For a long time it was the western edge of the country, wild and unknown Indian territory across one colossal river and...