Aug ‘22 “And More” Collection
A collection of additional content of interest from August 2022. Those of most interest are highlighted in individual posts.*
Historical Association and “Presentism” Debate:
The Unmaking of American History by the Woke Mob (WSJ, 8/26/22)
The Suicide of the American Historical Association* (The American Institute for Economic Research, 8/20/22)
American Historical Association President Apologizes for his article, “Is History History? Identity Politics and Teleologies of the Present” (AHA, 8/1922)
Also see Sept 2022: Never Apologize for Trying to Tell the Truth— Those who repress inconvenient facts or produce fictitious evidence to nourish a politically convenient story are simply not historians. (Quillette, 9/13/22)
Other News:
A Half Century of Student Progress Nationwide: First comprehensive analysis finds broad gains in test scores, with larger gains for students of color than white students (HKS’s Education Next, Fall 2022 Issue)
Breaking Out of the Certainty Trap (Sapir, Summer 2022)—by Ilana Redstone
Seeking Justice, Seeking Truth: A Conversation with Nadine Strossen (AB ‘72, JD ‘75)* (AFA, 8/29/22)—an interview with Harvard alum and former ACLU president (also see below: Make Freedom of Speech Liberal Again (WSJ, 8/5/22)
America’s Fire Sale*: Get Some Free Speech While You Can: Freedom of expression isn’t the tool of the powerful; it’s the tool of the powerless. (Atlantic, 8/23/22)—by Caitlin Flanagan
James Baldwin's Radicalism*: One of America’s most perceptive writers rejected the politics of division. He has much to teach us about race and injustice today. (Persuasion, 8/22/22)
The Unseen Side of "Cancel Culture": The threat to free expression goes well beyond high-profile cancellations*(Persuasion, 8/19/22)
‘America’s Philosopher’ Review: The Key to John Locke‘ (WSJ, 8/5/22)
Radical chic’ and the left’s problem with race: White, middle-class left-wingers are still in thrall to age-old prejudices. (Spiked, 8/5/22)
Make Freedom of Speech Liberal Again (WSJ, 8/5/22)— a talk with former ACLU president and Harvard alum Nadine Strossen
Should America's founding legacy be racism or liberty? (FAIR Substack, 8/1/22)
Against False Privilege: One of the biggest blunders of modern activism is the promotion of guilt and the demand for false privilege. (Quillette, 7/30/22)
