Liberty
Left-wingers call it art when decapitating statues
Elle Purnell writes for the Federalist about a disturbing trend on the political left. The centerpiece of a new exhibit in Los Angeles is a mangled junkyard of a statue,…
Robert Edward Lee
Confederate States general (1807–1870)
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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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A monumental damage and destruction count
Jonah Gottschalk compiles at the Federalist a list of public monuments destroyed or removed in recent weeks. Thirty-three statues of Columbus. Nine of the Founding Fathers. Eight of Saint Junipero…
Research Brief
Education
Restoring Humane Virtues In Students’ Thanksgiving Lessons
In recent years, public school teachers have been encouraged to address conflicts between colonists and American Indians in their Thanksgiving Day lessons. For educators who choose to deliver a lesson…
Elections & Public Integrity
Biden’s past coming back to bite him: Jefferson Davis edition
Alana Goodman reports for the Washington Examiner on the latest piece of Democratic presidential front-runner Joe Biden’s past that could come back to haunt him in the 2020 primary election.…
Education
Martin Center column surveys academic battlefield
Garland Tucker writes for the Martin Center about academic skirmishes involving American history. The violent events in Charlottesville, Virginia in 2017 have fueled a deep-seated leftist desire to re-write American…
Budget, Taxation & Economy
Shlaes questions popular economic statistic
Amity Shlaes explains for City Journal why popular economic metrics can prove misleading. At least for now, most progressives acknowledge that markets and economic growth are necessary. But progressives in…
Liberty
A slippery slope warning linked to monument removal
Michael Brendan Dougherty of National Review Online writes that conservatives are wise to fear that leftist activists won’t stop with demands to remove Confederate monuments. For conservatives who pay attention,…
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It only started with Confederate generals
Peter Hasson of the Daily Caller highlights the latest example of the push to airbrush history. Dallas Independent School District included schools named after three of America’s Founding Fathers on…
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The Bard and the mob
Victor Davis Hanson argues at National Review Online that William Shakespeare might recognize today’s statue-toppling mobs. “The Bard,” William Shakespeare, had a healthy distrust of the sort of mob hysteria…
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Guess John Hood should give up his ESPN dreams
Ryan Saveedra of the Daily Caller documents the latest example of politically correct silliness from cable sports giant ESPN. ESPN pulled an announcer from covering an upcoming college football game…
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Say no to political violence
Ben Shapiro of National Review Online explains why no amount of political violence is acceptable. America can survive crappy ideas. America can survive nasty statues. America can’t survive normalization of…