Michael Beschloss
Michael Beschloss Beschloss at Washington Center, January 2014 Born Michael Richard Beschloss (1955-11-30) 30 November 1955 (age 59) Chicago, Illinois Occupation Historian Nationality US Subject United States presidency Spouse Afsaneh Mashayekhi Beschloss Michael Richard Beschloss (born November 30, 1955) is an American historian. A specialist in the United States presidency, he is the author of nine books. In November 2013, he was appointed as a contributing columnist on history for The New York Times. His "HistorySource" column appears in a new section of the newspaper called "The Upshot". He writes a weekly sports history column that appears in the weekend editions of the New York Times.