Elizabeth Warren’s “Cherokee” Debacle
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The Country Mouse and the City Mouse: A Brief History of American Identity, 1790-Present
Modern America’s red-blue divide, so fierce in its partisanship, filters through its ancient urban/rural tensions.
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Hyper Partisanship in Modern America
Pure partisanship is profoundly anti-intellectual, and can disable a person’s moral compass. It’s also a relatively recent development in America. Once upon a time, the Cold War and economic prosperity bound us together. But no more.
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A Straight Line
It’s a long, long way from the Trump administration to an actual fascist dictatorship, but it’s a straight line.
The New Memorial Day: Remembering Children Killed in School
It’s an exhaustive list, far longer and deeper than you might suspect. All the way back in 1840, student Joseph Semmes shot University of Virginia law professor John Anthony Gardner Davis.
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24 Things You Should Know about Pocahontas
She was about 9 years old when she met John Smith. When she converted to Christianity, she took the name Rebecca. She died while visiting England. She did not sing with raccoons.
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Happy Presidents Day!
A selection of memorials to executive barbarians and dandies.
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All the Way to Memphis
How Confederate statues in Memphis illustrate the GOP’s shift from champion of States’ and small government to the party of big, top-down government.
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In Memoriam: Dennis Banks
AIM’s brash and confrontational Red Power movement did for Indigenous Americans precisely what Black Power did for African Americans.
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Return of the Criminal Presidency
A functioning republic must recognize and address corruption within its highest ranks lest it turn into little more than an oligarchy or kleptocracy.
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