Possibility and promise have long been contested
Ed Ayers looks at American history to find contested visions, but also hope for our future.
All posts tagged: history
Standing in a present that had once been an unimaginable future
Solnit on how the next era comes after the end of the last one. In between comes a lot of falling apart.
Our country has a lot of problems. Napping isn’t one of them.
Not so random thoughts on naps, billionaires, and corruption.
Illuminating the past in light of the present
Eric Foner’s new book of essays reminds us that history remains visible today.
Citizenship (Revisited)
An old piece that is a reminder to “Love the neighbor you like and the neighbor you don’t like.”
Observing history through a wider lens
European military historian Jeremy Black, MBE answers my questions about his new work, “The Civil War.”
When the narrative tries to swamp the history
A nation denied knowledge of its past “cannot make sense of its present or imagine its future.”
Rob Manfred Doesn’t Love Baseball (a repost)
Joe Posnanski’s essay on the most recent soulless pronouncement from baseball’s commissioner.
The capacity for change
In the past we have seen both extreme ugliness and bold reform when it comes to our democracy.
A compass, not a manual
“Continuity of memory tells us we are both descendants and ancestors.”
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