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Category Archive: more conservatism

The Long, White History of “Law and Order” Rhetoric: From Nixon to the Original Klan

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“Law and order” has often been a flimsy cover for advancing the ruthless interests of white Americans.

Joseph Bagley June 23, 2020 conservatism, Donald Trump, more conservatism, race, the South, whiteness

We Are Nowhere and It’s for the Foreseeable Future

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Why do we talk about “reopening” the economy, as if it were a bodega or a Bennigan’s? Americans trip over political metaphors yet again.

Casey Baskin May 4, 2020 Aneurysms, Best of, capitalism, coronavirus, more conservatism, race

1877, 1972, and 2016: Our Ongoing Low-Grade Civil War

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People talk of a “constitutional crisis” these days as if we haven’t been in one for years, says historian Jason Tebbe.

Jason Tebbe December 6, 2019 Civil War, conservatism, Donald Trump, more conservatism, politics

In Search of the Marianne Mindset

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Politics, like life in general, swings this way and that, but it’s never a simple pendulum.

Alex Sayf Cummings June 30, 2019 American Studies, Aneurysms, Best of, conservatism, Democratic Party, Marianne Williamson, more conservatism, politics, radical politics

The Beginning Is Near: Politics & Society in an Era of Social Movements

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Social movements from Occupy Wall Street and Black Lives Matter to #metoo have through their activism rejected the inheritances of the past and created new ways of understanding our contemporary world and acting in the present.

Michael Stauch March 20, 2019 #MeToo, civil rights, conservatism, feminism, gender, more conservatism, politics, the Left

Love in the Time of College Admissions

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A week of truly epic, virtuosic horse-shit reached its tragic crescendo today, with the murder of at least […]

Alex Sayf Cummings March 15, 2019 Aneurysms, architecture, capitalism, conservatism, gender, Housing, more conservatism, Neoliberalism, planning, social media, transgender

Ben Sasse: The Sassiest Boy in America

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The senator from Nebraska pretends to be both a thoughtful intellectual and a horny-handed son of toil, but he’s pretty much neither.

Jason Tebbe February 28, 2019 class, conservatism, more conservatism, politics

O Ye Biased Professors! The Question of Objectivity and Liberal Bias in the History Profession

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While it is true that most history professors are somewhere on the left end of the political spectrum, there are a number of problematic assumptions at the heart of the discourse of objectivity that warrant further investigation.

Is this your homework, Larry? February 15, 2019 academia, conservatism, Education, more conservatism, politics, teaching, the Left, universities

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