Who Promoted Private Ryan?
Forty-eight hours after Donald Trump wrapped up the Republican nomination with a smashing victory in the Indiana primary, House Speaker Paul Ryan announced that he could not yet support Trump. In millennial teen-talk, Ryan told CNN’s Jake Tapper,...
Yale Defies Revisionist History
Despite decades of fervent student protests that reached a peak last fall, the president of Yale announced on Wednesday that the university would keep the name of a residential college honoring the 19th-century politician and white supremacist John C. Calhoun. The...
America, France Turn Right
In Sunday’s first-round of regional elections in France, the clear and stunning winner was the National Front of Marine Le Pen. Her party rolled up 30 percent of the vote, and came in first in 6 of 13 regions. Marine herself won 40 percent of her northeast district....
A Different Kind of North-South Divide
He is all bushy mustache and jutting chin below a pair of beady black eyes. His wide, gray hat perches at a tilt and his skin is the color of early peaches. His name is “Hey Reb!” — exclamation mark included — and years ago he was supposed to be the end of a mascot...
Harvard Law Reviews Slavery Crest
Harvard Law School officials are reviewing the use of the school’s seal, which displays part of the crest of a slaveholding family. The school’s seal includes three bushels of wheat, which also appears on the coat of arms for the family of Isaac Royall, a slaveholder...Obiter Dicta
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VIRGINIA: Mobile museum bringing Virginia history across the Commonwealth CHESAPEAKE, Va. (WAVY) — It is a truck on a mission to teach young students and families about Virginia history. While Read More