You don't hate history, you hate the way it was taught to you in high school.
The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.
American is the first democratic nation-state.
Reading your own material aloud forces you to listen.
Winning the Revolutionary War, or the Civil War, or World War II were the turning points in our history, the sine qua non of our forward progress.
In America, Jefferson noted with approval, women knew their place.