Roundup Top 10!
Adam Cohen: Clarence Thomas Knows Nothing of My Workby Adam CohenThe justice used my book to tie abortion to eugenics. But his rendition of the history is incorrect. |
In our tumultuous times, history offers hopeby Katrina vanden HeuvelIn his book, my father ceaselessly reminds us that hard work and idealism can create change. |
Billionaires can't fix college: Here's the real crisis in higher educationby Jim SleeperIn this conversation between historian Matthew Frye Jacobson and Professor Jim Sleeper, they discuss how to reclaim college from market ideology. |
Tony Horwitz’s Greatest Book, Confederates in the Attic, Seems Even More Crucial Todayby Rebecca OnionConfederates in the Attic is a gift to teachers of American history. It’s wryly funny but sneakily profound. |
Socialists Don’t Know Historyby Joseph EpsteinYoung people don’t remember the Soviet nightmare. But what’s Sanders’s excuse? |
The Indian Law That Helps Build Wallsby Maggie BlackhawkThe Supreme Court’s legal abuse of Native Americans set the stage for America’s poor treatment of many of its vulnerable populations. |
Open Forum: Are public schools ‘inclusive’? Not for those who oppose abortionby Jonathan ZimmermanChildren need to learn how to discuss abortion — and other controversial political questions — in a fair and mutually respectful way. And that won’t happen if the adults in the room tell them the right answers, right off the bat. |
Why we’re letting Americans vote, marry and drink far too youngby Holly N.S. WhiteAge is not a perfect qualifier of ability or maturity. |
The “Forever Wars” Enshrinedby Andrew J. BacevichThe memorial to American soldiers who were sent into the wars in the Middle East and died is essentially hidden away in a small Midwestern town, which tells you what you need to know about the value Americans actually place on those wars. |
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My Zionism is Personal and Complicatedby Ralph SeligerToday’s an increasingly exasperating time for progressives who care about Israel’s future. |