The case for MAGA imperialism
Like it or not, imperialism and colonialism are congenital to the American experiment
Colonialism
Thursday
College condemns professor who celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s death
Carnegie Mellon’s Uju Anya called the Queen the ‘chief monarch of a thieving raping genocidal empire’
Sunday
The weakening case against museum restitution
The case for the return of the Benin bronzes seems to be unraveling
Monday
The Roman roots of ‘colony’
The Greeks are better thought of as overseas settlers, often driven by land hunger, starvation, commerce or simply the search for a better life.
Friday
The ignorance of Queen Elizabeth’s ‘anti-colonialist’ critics
In fact, a figure of such stability was essential to decolonization
Monday
Don’t cancel John Donne’s poetry
He’s being attacked as a colonialist but his work was far more complex and erotic than that
Thursday
Hoping to find happiness
Paris Echo by Sebastian Faulks reviewed
