Saturday, November 24, 2018

Protect America by Protecting Mueller

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As an historian, I’d normally prefer to look back on this moment in 20 years and analyze it from a more distant perspective. It’s more com...
Tuesday, January 10, 2017

In America, first they came for the women …

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In Germany, first they came for the women … In Pastor Niemoller’s famous quote, the Nazis came first for the communists, and he didn’...
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Saturday, January 7, 2017

"Something there is that doesn't love a wall"

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In case you don’t recognize the title, it’s the first line of Robert Frost’s poem “Mending Wall.” In a tenth-grade English class, I was quiz...
Tuesday, December 20, 2016

All democracy is temporary. And not.

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I wrote this (below) four years ago, reeling with the shock of Sandy Hook and holding tight to a baby boy who wasn't mine and a little g...
Thursday, December 15, 2016

From Sandy Hook to Syria

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Yesterday marked the fourth anniversary of the massacre of children at Sandy Hook. And yesterday marked the end of the battle for Aleppo i...
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Dear Electors ... History is calling. Also, I'm sorry.

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Dear presidential electors, Let me first say that I’m sorry. You have, over the last six weeks, been put through an ordeal different from...
Thursday, November 24, 2016

May Our Myths Become Us

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Happy Thanksgiving! And by that I mean “Happy Day to Eat Turkey and Pretend American History is Not So Bad After All.” That is, of course, s...