Historian. Author. Professor. Budding Curmudgeon. I study the contrast between image and reality in America, especially in politics.

Host of the pop culture podcast called ‘The Rush Hour with Dave Neal’. Every morning, every afternoon. Entertainment, pop culture and *light* politics with a soft progressive bias.

Journalist, storyteller, and lifelong reader A Texan by birth and by choice

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