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  • The Community College Reinvents Itself—Again
    February 18, 2026

    The Community College Reinvents Itself—Again

    The latest evolution of a century-old experiment may reshape competition—and standards—in higher education.
  • How Will Universities Respond to a Post-Ayatollah Iran?
    February 13, 2026

    How Will Universities Respond to a Post-Ayatollah Iran?

    In the 1970s, American campuses helped delegitimize a pro-Western Iran—today’s activism suggests they would do so again.
  • A Double Agent
    February 10, 2026

    A Double Agent

    James Armistead Lafayette’s espionage reminds us that American history thrives on complexity, not caricature.
  • Losing the West
    January 30, 2026

    Losing the West

    Why one Harvard historian says the study of Western civilization is no longer possible at the university.
  • Teaching the Past in an Age of Illiteracy
    January 20, 2026

    Teaching the Past in an Age of Illiteracy

    A case deeper reading and shared standards.
  • Why Professors Should Write Op-eds
    December 25, 2025

    Why Professors Should Write Op-eds

    And why the Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving but not Christmas
  • History Without Dogma
    December 23, 2025

    History Without Dogma

    Why serious professors don’t need ideological frameworks to teach race and racism.
  • Student Editor at Trinity College Urges Relocation of Confederate Plaque
    December 19, 2025

    Student Editor at Trinity College Urges Relocation of Confederate Plaque

  • Your Campus Cause Was Made in Moscow
    July 16, 2025

    Your Campus Cause Was Made in Moscow

  • Rediscovering America’s Heritage: George Washington, Mount Vernon, and the American National Character
    May 19, 2025

    Rediscovering America’s Heritage: George Washington, Mount Vernon, and the American National Character

  • Chugga Chugga Choo Choo—That’s the Sound of Freedom Steaming Again
    May 1, 2025

    Chugga Chugga Choo Choo—That’s the Sound of Freedom Steaming Again

  • Trump’s Smithsonian Order Will Reclaim America’s Story from Leftist Activists
    April 17, 2025

    Trump’s Smithsonian Order Will Reclaim America’s Story from Leftist Activists

  • ‘Early America’—It’s Not Just a Matter of Words
    March 10, 2025

    ‘Early America’—It’s Not Just a Matter of Words

  • ‘Mr. Mellon Is Turning in His Grave’: The Mellon Foundation Is Reinterpreting American History and Monuments
    February 26, 2025

    ‘Mr. Mellon Is Turning in His Grave’: The Mellon Foundation Is Reinterpreting American History and Monuments

  • Winston Churchill’s Reception and Influence in the United States
    February 10, 2025

    Winston Churchill’s Reception and Influence in the United States

  • Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Cherokee Leader Stand Watie
    October 14, 2024

    Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Cherokee Leader Stand Watie

  • Phantom Voyagers: An Invitation to Read Robert Dick-Read
    October 9, 2024

    Phantom Voyagers: An Invitation to Read Robert Dick-Read

  • Remembering the 54th Massachusetts on Flag Day
    June 17, 2024

    Remembering the 54th Massachusetts on Flag Day

  • April 1774: The Pendulum Swings
    April 10, 2024

    April 1774: The Pendulum Swings

  • Do You Know It’s George Washington’s Birthday?
    February 22, 2024

    Do You Know It’s George Washington’s Birthday?

  • Igniting an Appreciation for Abraham Lincoln in Children
    February 10, 2024

    Igniting an Appreciation for Abraham Lincoln in Children

  • Put the Statues Back
    February 1, 2024

    Put the Statues Back

  • Marcus Foster: A Black Hero You’ve Never Heard Of
    March 9, 2022

    Marcus Foster: A Black Hero You’ve Never Heard Of

  • Birth of an Activist: How A Historian of 30 Years “Woke” Up
    August 10, 2020

    Birth of an Activist: How A Historian of 30 Years “Woke” Up

  • The Collapse of the Fourth Estate
    May 6, 2020

    The Collapse of the Fourth Estate

  • Why the NY Times’ 1619 Project Fails the Truth Test
    January 7, 2020

    Why the NY Times’ 1619 Project Fails the Truth Test

  • The New York Times Rewrites American History
    August 23, 2019

    The New York Times Rewrites American History

  • November 19, 2017

    History: A Troubled Field Likely to Get Worse

  • February 14, 2017

    The Downgrading of American History

  • December 8, 2016

    Humanities, Pretty Much Dead, Are Mostly a Hunt for Racism and Sexism

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