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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.
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.
February 10, 2026
A Double Agent
James Armistead Lafayette’s espionage reminds us that American history thrives on complexity, not caricature.
January 30, 2026
Losing the West
Why one Harvard historian says the study of Western civilization is no longer possible at the university.
January 20, 2026
Teaching the Past in an Age of Illiteracy
A case deeper reading and shared standards.
December 25, 2025
Why Professors Should Write Op-eds
And why the Pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving but not Christmas
December 23, 2025
History Without Dogma
Why serious professors don’t need ideological frameworks to teach race and racism.
December 19, 2025
Student Editor at Trinity College Urges Relocation of Confederate Plaque
July 16, 2025
Your Campus Cause Was Made in Moscow
May 19, 2025
Rediscovering America’s Heritage: George Washington, Mount Vernon, and the American National Character
May 1, 2025
Chugga Chugga Choo Choo—That’s the Sound of Freedom Steaming Again
April 17, 2025
Trump’s Smithsonian Order Will Reclaim America’s Story from Leftist Activists
March 10, 2025
‘Early America’—It’s Not Just a Matter of Words
February 26, 2025
‘Mr. Mellon Is Turning in His Grave’: The Mellon Foundation Is Reinterpreting American History and Monuments
February 10, 2025
Winston Churchill’s Reception and Influence in the United States
October 14, 2024
Indigenous Peoples’ Day: Cherokee Leader Stand Watie
October 9, 2024
Phantom Voyagers: An Invitation to Read Robert Dick-Read
June 17, 2024
Remembering the 54th Massachusetts on Flag Day
April 10, 2024
April 1774: The Pendulum Swings
February 22, 2024
Do You Know It’s George Washington’s Birthday?
February 10, 2024
Igniting an Appreciation for Abraham Lincoln in Children
February 1, 2024
Put the Statues Back
March 9, 2022
Marcus Foster: A Black Hero You’ve Never Heard Of
August 10, 2020
Birth of an Activist: How A Historian of 30 Years “Woke” Up
May 6, 2020
The Collapse of the Fourth Estate
January 7, 2020
Why the NY Times’ 1619 Project Fails the Truth Test
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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