Month: October 2023

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When the Cure Is the Poison
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October 22, 2023November 13, 2023Reviews

When the Cure Is the Poison

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John Agresto is full of ideas about what needs to be done to fix the broken liberal arts tradition. Unfortunately, his proposed plan won’t work—they're too liberal.

Cuban Missile Crisis, Robert McNamara, Max Hastings
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October 22, 2023November 10, 2023Reviews

Muddling the Missile Crisis

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The Abyss, a pop history treatment of the Cuban Missile Crisis, revives unhistorical myths in an effort to chalk the whole thing up to American hysteria, and to portray the bumbling JFK as having masterfully handled the crisis.

C. Vann Woodward, New South, Old South, Jim Crow, historian
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October 1, 2023November 8, 2023Reviews

Divided Loyalties

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James Cobb admirably assesses the loyalties of C. Vann Woodward, one of the most influential historians of the 20th century, whose best-known books explored the rise of the New South and the emergence of the Jim Crow regime.

Black Pill, Dissident Golden Age, Dissident right, Christopher Rufo
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October 1, 2023November 6, 2023View

Against the Black Pill

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We suffer an oligarchic, feminizing regime that is hostile to most of the defining elements of traditional American identity. But, we also enjoy a golden age of dissent. Now is not the time for despair.

federalism cultural civil war
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October 1, 2023November 3, 2023View

When the Center Does Not Hold

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The federalism of the American founders provides a way to contain Americans’ cultural differences within the political system and maintain order.