Greg Sargent has been on a tear for the past forty-eight hours as he discusses the non-partisan media’s inability to handle Trump. Yesterday, he wrote that: … the Justice Department’s in
Few issues in recent history are more misunderstood than the anti-busing protests. Framed almost entirely as northern whites protesting to protect their communities and their local schools and widely
Smithsonian magazine revisits the political satire of 1960’s children’s show Rocky and Bullwinkle. I’ve been doing some research into children’s media these days (as you can
Think about the photographs and videos you remember from 9/11. Now think about which ones you weren’t supposed to see. Is the taboo fading? A little over a year ago, I wrote a post for my (then
Late Saturday night, three men executed a coordinated attack with knives on civilians in the neighboring areas of London Bridge and Borough Market. Police arrived on the scene and closed down the area
Living here in the UK, this is the closest I have ever physically been to a terrorist attack. I’ve never visited Manchester and so much of Europe still feels like a far away imaginary place to m
“…a lovely, bloodless, corpseless war, just the sort the politicians love.” David Hackworth (1) If images of war set the tone for public support, then the best images are the ones th
I’ve been warning about the risks of confirmation bias when it comes to the strength of American political norms and institutions. That is, I worry about the American tendency to read our histo