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Smithsonian needs history, not ideology
Editors at National Review Online explore the need for revisions at a major American institution. “America’s Attic” is about to get a thorough dusting. On Tuesday, the White House sent…
Historical revisionism
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Race ideologues think America compares to Nazi Germany
Casey Chalk writes for the Federalist about the disturbing views among those on the political left. As much of an evil as racially-motivated chattel slavery was in American history, the…
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Russians Trying to Rehabilitate Stalin
Andrew Stuttaford of National Review Online highlights a disturbing development in Russia. Can you imagine a “respectable” party in Germany putting up “Hitler centers” around the country? And yet, as…
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TV Show Bungles Story of Nixon’s Plumbers
Presidential historian Tevi Troy highlights problems with HBO’s latest attempt to tackle Americna political history. We are all familiar with the normal disclaimer telling people that this was based on…
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National Review Decries ‘Cancellation’ of Thomas Jefferson
Editors at National Review share their displeasure about recent treatment of an American founder. After more than a century, the New York City Council is removing a statue of Thomas…
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Remembering the Alamo
Rich Lowry of National Review Online pushes back against revisionist American history. No one is trying to topple the Alamo quite yet, but a new revisionist book on the foundational…
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Cancel Culture Comes for Famous Explorers, Indian Guide
Mary Kay Linge writes for the New York Post about the latest instance of monument madness. The city of Charlottesville, Va. followed up its removal of two controversial Confederate statues…
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Democrats ignore filibuster history
Jonathan Turley writes at The Hill about Democrats’ recent pronouncements regarding the U.S. Senate’s filibuster. President Biden came out Thursday against the Senate filibuster as a “relic of the Jim…
Education
Hillsdale president revisits 1984
Larry Arnn of Hillsdale College revisits George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel in the latest issue of Imprimis. In Orwell’s 1984, there are telescreens everywhere, as well as hidden cameras and…
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Turning attention from 1619 to 1620 instead
Ben Domenech writes at the Federalist about a shift in focus on the 400-year-old American past. Four hundred years ago this month, a group of courageous Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic…
Education
Campus cancelers turn on Lincoln
Jonathan Turley documents a disturbing development at Wisconsin’s flagship public university. We previously discussed the effort at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to have the famous statue of Abraham Lincoln removed…
Elections & Public Integrity
Harris lies about Lincoln
Dan McLaughlin writes for National Review Online about Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ misuse of American history. It was impossible to miss how Kamala Harris, like Joe Biden, refused…