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Are Too Many Professors Excellent Sheep?
Photo credit: Keith Weller
We have been dying to discuss an article called “Why Aren’t Professors Braver?” since it was first published in The Chronicle of Higher Education back in September. It’s by the psychologist Paul Bloom and it star...
That Book Is Dangerous!
We were delighted to have the chance to speak with Adam Szetela about his new book, That Book Is Dangerous! How Moral Panic, Social Media, and the Culture Wars Are Remaking Publishing.
Adam shares what he learned from authors, agents, and...
What We Keep Getting Wrong about the Cancel Culture Debate
Let’s play a game. What do you think are the politics of the person who said the following:
When a person says something that a ton of people find offensive, rude, dumb in real time and then that person is punished for it, that’s not can...
Authoritarians in the Academy
We were thrilled to have the opportunity to speak with Sarah McLaughlin about her new book, Authoritarians in the Academy: How the Internationalization of Higher Education and Borderless Censorship Threaten Free Speech.
As a Senior Schola...
What is the point of studying the past when the present is so overwhelming?
Over the summer, Yale historian David Blight kindly asked me to contribute an essay to a special edition of The New Republic called “Trump Against History.” The September 2025 issue features eleven historians reflecting on the Trump adminis...
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