Journalist – Historian – Speaker
As you know, a Nazi killed a protester named Heather Heyer and injured many others. What you may or may not know is that over the last year, many different state GOP lawmakers have been proposing decriminalizing running over protesters. Here’s a thread. In North Carolina, the GOP voted to protect drivers who run over …
The RNC puts out messages on holidays. Here’s the text for Hanukkah: “As our Jewish friends and family around the country gather to light the first candle, we hope they will enjoy a special time of closeness and joy this Hanukkah season. These eight nights serve as a reminder of how the Maccabees never gave …
The Twitter account @HistOpinion (Curated by historian Peter Schulman), has been posting historical poll data about the refugee crisis of the 1930s. Some examples: US Apr ’39: If in Congress, would you support a bill to open US to larger number of European refugees? By Religion. pic.twitter.com/pWsqyRXZoW — Historical Opinion (@HistOpinion) November 17, 2015 US Dec …
Roxane Gilmore, former first lady of Virginia, believes that disabled people should enter the governor’s mansion through the basement, for “aesthetic” reasons. A plan to build a wheelchair ramp at the Virginia Executive Mansion is turning into a tussle between old and new Richmond, with Gov. Terry McAuliffe saying the alteration will create a more …
Bruce Holsinger is a medieval literary scholar, a novelist, a public intellectual, and a friend. Here’s my review of his novels, political thrillers set in medieval London, with John Gower as the protagonist. You should read them. Holsinger has a piece in the New York Times today on Fiorina, extending the conversation about her regular invocation …
Say goodbye to the Illinois History Museum. Bruce Rauner has pulled the plug. There’s something populist about museums like this. They tend to be free or cheap, they serve school kids from across the state, and they make our history accessible and interesting. Naturally, Billionaire Bruce isn’t going to permit that sort of thing to …