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  • The Rosy—and False—Narrative of American Public Schooling

    The Rosy—and False—Narrative of American Public Schooling0

    Humans tend to romanticize the past. In many ways it helps us see the good in what has been and what is now, but in other ways it disguises the truth. The history of American public schooling is a notable example of viewing history through rose-colored glasses. In my college and graduate school education classes,

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  • The Rosetta Stone’s Hidden Lesson on Taxes and Special Interests

    The Rosetta Stone’s Hidden Lesson on Taxes and Special Interests0

    Tax season is a good time to remind us that the history of taxes tells the story of whole civilizations. What is taxed, and how much is it taxed, tells us what the rulers valued. What was exempt tells us who had the political pull to be excluded. It is no different today. If you’re

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  • The Rosenberg Conviction – 65 Years Later (p.s. They Were Guilty)

    The Rosenberg Conviction – 65 Years Later (p.s. They Were Guilty)0

    Sixty-five years ago Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of espionage for passing secrets to the Soviets before and after the Second World War. They were executed two years later. It sounds like ancient history, and I’m sure many younger people today have trouble understanding why this particular case took on such great historical significance.

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  • The Roots of Political Correctness

    The Roots of Political Correctness0

    Over the last thirty years, political correctness has metastasized. Today, so many politically-correct assumptions have become mainstream that, as Tocqueville once predicted, they have narrowed our questions and our ability to question, rather than actually tell us the exact answers to things. Over the last decade, it has become normal for students, professors, and the

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  • The Root of War

    The Root of War0

    Samuel Eliot Morison was the Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard when World War II broke out. He went to President Roosevelt and asked if there would be an opportunity to write the history of the war while the combatants were alive and before “the ships were broken up and the sailors had

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  • The Root of Today’s Worldwide Education Problem Is Staring Us in the Face

    The Root of Today’s Worldwide Education Problem Is Staring Us in the Face0

    “Our schools,” reports a knowledgeable observer, “are producing ignoramuses.” The average graduate, he explains, “does not know how to read critically, write expressively, or debate intelligently and politely.” Meantime, the unions are opposing huge, proposed increases in beginner-teacher salaries because, instead, they want higher pay for teachers with seniority, regardless of individual performance. Are we

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