Return to Normalcy?
OK--not quite. But it's week two of the Biden administration and we will take what we can get
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Featured Essay
Gwenda-lin Grewal, “Bernie’s Mittens: This, we imagine, is how Bernie really is (or at least looks) no matter where he is, and this image of reality strikes us and amuses us like a common dandelion growing amidst a swathe of bougainvillea.” (February 2, 2021)
The Politics of Higher Education
Claire Potter, “What You Learn When You Talk to Conservative Students: College professors and college administrations have to do better–we are losing these kids to extremism.” (February 3, 2021)
Kevin Brown and Meredith Raimondo, “Bridging the Gap: When Students from Two Very Different Campuses Find a Path to Understanding Each Other: Two reputations, two narratives, one goal—to listen, learn and value each other.” (February 4, 2021)
Politics
Steven B. Smith, “Patriotism’s Dilemma: Lessons from The Godfather.” (February 1, 2021)
Histories of the Present
Sarah Damiano, “What Yellen and Hamilton Comparisons Omit: Women’s progress is not guaranteed.” (February 3, 2021)
The Internet
Pat Garafolo, “Break Up the Tech Monopoly: No corporation should be so big or systemically important that it can credibly threaten to cut an entire nation off from the news.” (February 3, 2021)
Classics Reconsidered
Chris Barker, “John Stuart Mill and the Successful Failure of Liberalism: A political philosopher for our troubled times.” (February 4, 2021)
Media
Nicole Hemmer, Natalia Mehlman Petrzela and Neil J. Young, “Larry King.” (February 2, 2021)