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The Great Gouging?
Pete Hegseth's (un)holy logic of violence
Dec 11 • Graham O’Gorman
Into the Unknown!
A "public good" argument for funding useless science
Dec 4 • katie bruner, phd

November 2025

What is Happening to Universities?
A bleak view from the Foreign Languages Building
Nov 20 • Ned O'Gorman
Three Cheers for the Democratic Party!
It’s starting to look like a political party, and that’s a good thing
Nov 13 • Ned O'Gorman

October 2025

Whatever Happened to Congress?
The empty triumph of party over politics
Oct 30 • Ned O'Gorman
Forensic Files Gone Wild
Social media, social insanity, and the sagacity of John Durham Peters
Oct 23 • Ned O'Gorman
A White Guy from Kansas goes to the Mississippi Delta . . .
A conversation with Dave Tell about history, memory, and relationships
Oct 16 • Ned O'Gorman
It’s Not Just Consumerism, It’s Racism
A Response to “A Nation without a Founding?”
Oct 9 • Dave Tell
A Nation Without a Founding?
The founders are MIA in MAGA-world
Oct 2 • Ned O'Gorman

September 2025

Meaning Matters More than Interests
Another way to think about the political divides in America
Sep 24 • Matt Pitchford
What’s Wrong with the Christian Right?
Charlie Kirk’s murder and unchristian apocalypticism
Sep 18 • Ned O'Gorman
History Needs Hitches
Roughing up history along the Freedom Trail
Sep 11 • Matt Pitchford
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