The president freely deploys phrases from the history books, but many scholars warn he misrepresents the country’s past.

Manifest Destiny was a belief that Americans were destined to expand across the continent, shaping US policies and ...

Trump’s Mars pledge elicited a huge grin and enthusiastic double thumbs up from billionaire and top Mars colonization ...

"Manifest Destiny" is back, with Donald Trump as its champion. - Tarnished president honored - If Manifest Destiny entwined ...

But the language that startled me—maybe because I didn’t expect it, even from Donald Trump—was “manifest destiny.” Seriously.

When President Donald Trump invoked the phrase “manifest destiny” during his inaugural address Monday and celebrated “our American ancestors” for having “won the Wild West,” he used ...

President Donald Trump recently invoked "manifest destiny" to outline a bold vision for America's space program. But what ...

John Buttrick writes from his Vermont Folk Rocker in his Concord home, Minds Crossing. He can be reached at ...

"Americans are explorers, builders, innovators, entrepreneurs and pioneers. The spirit of the frontier is written into our ...

Oh democracy, what crimes are committed in thy name? With apologies to French revolutionary Madame Roland for rephrasing her ...