Black History Month and the usable past
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Aggregate history washes away the details that represent an actual life lived
Peter Wood
Peter Wood is the President of the National Association of Scholars. He is author of 1620: A Critical Response to the 1619 Project and A Bee in the Mouth: Anger in America Now.
Friday
Monday
J.P. Morgan and our gilded age
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The house of Morgan — the literal house of Morgan — is tying itself into knots to ‘prioritize’ all things black
Tuesday
Who really deserves to have their honorary degree revoked?
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Whom we honor and whom we cast out are decisions that may have little to do with who people really are
Monday
How China meddles in American academia
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Rather than facing up to the threat China poses on American college campuses, the White House seems to want us to get along happily with our friends across the Taiwan Strait
Tuesday
The false mystery of motives
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The evil that we saw at a Texas synagogue is not senseless. It is self-gratifying
Tuesday
E.O. Wilson and the climate cult
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My run-in with the late sociobiologist
Thursday
Anthropology has turned its back on its legacy
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At its best, the discipline taught us that our follies are as universal as our aspirations
Sunday
The meaning of trees aflame
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To set fire to a public Christmas tree is to express destructive glee against the sentiments of the season
Wednesday
The climate change conformists
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It’s always easier to feel certain about that which is uncertain. Just ask Joe Biden
Saturday
Why discord delights
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Moderation is for milquetoasts
Monday
Down with Strunk and White
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Followers of the style guide don’t understand what a versatile, vigorous sentence can do
Tuesday
The University of Austin: a meteor aimed at higher ed?
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‘Liberal educators’ might sneer but they’re very worried
Thursday
There’s nothing ‘phony’ about the culture war
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These battles, typically over race, sexuality and national identity, are defining issues for our time
Friday
Whither the woke?
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The real reason for the swing among swing voters is the Gestalt sense that we are heading downhill in a hurry
Monday
Michelle Goldberg and the art of the Big Lie
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She wants to persuade voters to ignore the story about a ninth-grade girl who was raped in a Loudoun County school restroom
Saturday
Liberty is the American virus
If I wanted to persuade my fellow Americans to eat more cheese, I would begin by launching a campaign to ban cheese. This might start with the argument cheese clogs arteries or lowers IQ. I’d find some doctors willing to testify that cheese inhibits testosterone, and some other doctors to insist it fouls up estrogen.
Friday
Terry McAuliffe’s faith in the experts
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Parents shouldn’t control schools, he says, but what about when expertise is wrong?
Saturday
What high-school history books teach about 9/11
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Most portray the attacks as just something that happened
Wednesday
Nikole Hannah-Jones schools a teacher
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The godmother of 1619-ism takes on the anti-CRT movement
Thursday
From 9/11 to 1/6
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Why is the Democratic leadership so desperate to sacralize the Capitol Hill riot?
