Bad News About the Border
WHENEVER THE NEWS from the southern border worsens, we distribute as a public service this summary of the great Arnold Toynbee’s 12-volume “Study of History,” finished in 1961. It describes in present tense his cycle of a civilization, as prescient as it is troubling: “The third response (of a declining civilization) concerns the implosion of boundaries. Extension of empire is weakening its power to Read the full article…
Half Past the Month
MANY OF THE BEST U.S. historians — David McCullough and Gordon Wood come to mind — have pointed out the flaws in the New York Times “1619 project.” It nonetheless continues to be proposed for inclusion in the K-12 curriculum, a tract that suggests the United States was born with racial inequality and white supremacy as its DNA, and Read the full article…
Keating: A Minimum Wage Closes Doors
by Maryann O. Keating, Ph.D. Job availability for inexperienced workers is the primary reason why most economists object to raising the minimum wage. The proposedRaise the Wage Act of 2021 (H.R. 603) would raise the federal minimum wage in steps to $15 an hour by 2025. Presently, most states have set a higher minimum wage, Read the full article…
Franke: Baseball Has Lost its Jingle
by Mark Franke “Baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and Chevrolet.” Recall that advertising jingle from 1974? It had quite a catchy tune and was a successful advertising campaign by all accounts. Think back to what America was like in 1974. There was the Watergate scandal, resulting in the resignation of an elected president. The Vietnam Read the full article…
Schansberg: To Cancel or Not
by Eric Schansberg, Ph.D. I wonder if I’ll get “canceled” someday. I could trip up and say something awkward or inappropriate — and get crushed for it. It could be a phrase in a Facebook post or a newspaper article like this. It could be a slip in the classroom that gets reported by a Read the full article…
Morris: Facebook ‘Friendship’ Is Qualified
by Leo Morris None of my best friends are black. OK, I apologize. I did that just to get your attention. We have become so race conscious in the last couple of years, I figured that sentence would cause everybody to read further, if for no other reason than to see if I would say Read the full article…
