Roundup Top 10!

"WITCH HUNT!” – What’s the history behind Trump’s tweets? by Mary Beth Norton One ion the world's preeminent scholars of the Salem witchcraft trials comments on Trump's glib use of the term.

Where is Republican courage? by Richard Moe That’s the question the country has been hearing, and asking, during the first 15 months of the Trump presidency.

The Rise of Western Civilizationism by Daniel Pipes What the anti-immigrant movements around the world have in common and why it’s lazy to call them populist or nationalist.

Can President Trump legally send troops to the border? It’s complicated. by Kevin Adams Critics argue the move would violate the 1878 Posse Comitatus Act. One problem: There is no 1878 Posse Comitatus Act.

Dear Humanities Profs: We Are the Problem by Eric Bennett Dismayed about American politics? Look in the mirror.

The History of White Power by Kathleen Belew White-power activism is not new, nor has it been part of an underground history. We knew. And we forgot.

Class Dismissed by Steve Fraser Class Conflict in Red State America

The Scientist Who Rose From Russia’s Ghettos to Israeli President by Gil Troy Dr. Charles Weizmann’s life parallels the Jewish people’s journey from victims to historical actors at home in their homeland.

Everyone in France Wants to Claim the Legacy of 1968 by Robert Zaretsky Leftists want to celebrate revolutionary idealism; conservatives, the triumph of traditional authority. And Emmanuel Macron is trying to split the difference.