Week of June 24, 2013
Up Front
 Don't Just Laugh Off Scalia as a BigotIra Chernus's MythicAmerica The essence of his objection to the DOMA ruling is to conserve the old so we can avoid the uncertainty of the new. He's still wrong, though. Tags: Antonin Scalia, same-sex marriage, Samuel Alito, Supreme Court |
 Committee on LGBT History: We Are Proud Historians Helped Make DOMA/Prop. 8 Decisions PossibleTags: Committee on LGBT History, DOMA, Don Romesburg, Proposition 8, same-sex marriage |
_0.jpg) Historians Played Important Role in DOMA DecisionDavid Austin Walsh The majority opinion in Windsor v. United States validates historical arguments made in amicus brief. Tags: DOMA, historians, same-sex marriage, Supreme Court |
 Eric Foner: VRA Decision "Green Light" to Disenfranchise VotersDavid Austin Walsh Clayborne Carson, Eric Foner, and H.W. Brands weigh in on the Supreme Court's landmark ruling. Tags: Clayborne Carson, Eric Foner, H.W. Brands, Voting Rights Act |
 HNN Hot Topics: Same-Sex MarriageTags: same-sex marriage, Hot Topics, DOMA, gay history |
News at Home
 Yes, Paula Deen is a Racist. But It's Not Like She Repealed the Voting Rights Act.Carole Emberton Thank SCOTUS for that. Tags: Paula Deen, racism, South, the N word |
 San Francisco™, Brought to You By GoogleRebecca Solnit Silicon Valley is pushing the middle class out of the Bay Area. Tags: Google, San Francisco, Silicon Valley, technology |
 Guns and the NSA Make Strange BedfellowsIra Chernus's MythicAmerica On the right, the resistance to NSA spying stems from the same place as resistance to gun control. Tags: guns, gun control, NSA, PRISM scandal |
News Abroad
 If The Guy on the Left is Guilty of Espionage ... When Will We Prosecute The Guy On the Right?Josh Brown: Life During Wartime Tags: Dick Cheney, Edward Snowden, Valerie Plame, espionage |
_0.jpg) What Turkey's Riots MeanDaniel Pipes Keep a close eye on foreign investment. Tags: Arab Spring, Ottoman Empire, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Turkey |
Historians & History
 LBJ Was a Great PresidentVaughn Davis Bornet Don't believe the naysayers -- LBJ unleashed the Great Society and kept the peace with the Soviets and Mao. Tags: 1960s, LBJ, Lyndon B. Johnson, presidents |
 Wabash CannonballJim Loewen The origins of the elusive "folk" song. Tags: folklore, origins, songs, trains, |
Education
 SCOTUS Ruling on Affirmative Action Could Give Private Universities AdvantageJohn Willingham Private schools will have leg up on the publics if not held to same strict standards to "exhaust" all other non-racial admissions factors. Tags: affirmative action, SCOTUS, University of Texas, race |
 Gilder Lehrman and Dickinson College Partner for Lincoln Online CourseDavid Austin Walsh No, it's not a MOOC. Well, it's kind of a MOOC. But it's mainly a graduate seminar for K-12 educators. Tags: Abraham Lincoln, Civil War, Gilder Lehrman Institute, MOOCs |
Culture Watch
 The Man of Steel RustsBruce Chadwick And we're not talking about Stalin. Tags: Superman, Man of Steel, movies, Hollywood |
_movie_poster_(2)_0.jpg) King Kong Takes Manhattan... Yet Again.Bruce Chadwick Doesn't the world's greatest city deserve a new nemesis? Tags: King Kong, plays, coming attractions, Manhattan |
Books
 Richard Breitman and Allan Lichtman's FDR and the JewsMurray Polner The dynamic duo of Breitman and Lichtman successfully defend Franklin Roosevelt's reputation. Tags: Allan Lichtman, book reviews, FDR and the Jews, Richard Breitman |