Slavery Abolition

The fact that the Ford’s Theatre Museum has several weapons on display should not be surprising. After all, it’s a site where a presidential assassination took place. What is perhaps surprising is that some of the weapons aren’t associated with the “main event” for which Ford’s Theatre is famous: John…

Here is your open thread for February 12, 2020. Today is the 211th birthday of Charles Darwin. Cotton Mather was born on February 12, 1663, in Boston. He wrote more than 400 books, not all of which were completely bonkers. Mather’s ideas about spiritual warfare and its corporeal manifestations were…

For his grandson with the same name, see John Quincy Adams II. "Quincy Adams" redirects here. For the rapid transit train station in Quincy, Massachusetts, see Quincy Adams (MBTA station). John Quincy Adams 6th President of the United States In office March 4, 1825 – March 4, 1829 Vice President John…

Skip to comments. Debunking Left-Wing Historian Howard Zinn Is Like Shooting Fish In A Barrel The Federalist ^ | February 8, 2020 | Krystina Skurk Posted on 02/08/2020 7:18:42 AM PST by Kaslin Mary Grabar's book, 'Debunking Howard Zinn,' takes aim at the celebrated historian who is as influential as…

Howard Zinn’s book, The People’s History of the United States, is one of the most famous American history textbooks ever written. His goal was to change the way Americans saw their own history by writing from the perspective of those he called “underdogs.” In doing so, he thoroughly distorts the…

In 2016, inspired by the #OscarsSoWhite conversation and other conversations about racial diversity at the Oscars that have started since then, I volunteered to write a post listing all the white actors who had been nominated for Oscars for playing people of color.  As I did the research for that…

Excerpts from recent editorials in the United States and abroad:___Feb. 5The Miami Herald on Fred Guttenberg, father of a student killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas in Parkland, being removed from President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address:House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s act of rebellion during President Trump’s State of the…

In The Cosmopolitan Tradition: A Noble but Flawed Ideal, renowned philosopher Martha C. Nussbaum offers a set of essays that take their cue from the Cynic and Stoic traditions to explore the tensions within the cosmopolitan ideal through the works of Cicero, Hugo Grotius and Adam Smith. Questioning the book’s positioning…

Photo by PoPville flickr user Wayne Vota “Dear PoPville, Now that the Senate, which in no way represents 700,000 DC residents, has abdicated its responsibility, why do we continue to pay taxes? Curious to see whether we can have a healthy debate on this.” Ed. Note: From a press release:…

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