A sharp essay about English historians of the mid-Twentieth century, such as EH Carr, Hugh Trevor-Roper, and the like. They were genuinely popular historians, that is, historians who is writing was not only for fellow professional academics, but for an intelligent general audience. What happened to render such an audience...
A great essay, by Anthony Grafton, on Arnaldo Momigliano, his revered teacher. Anyone who knows Grafton knows that for him to revere somebody, that somebody must be really impressive. The simplest way to complete this thought is just to say: Momigliano was.
Do artists cross ideological lines these days, in their fan bases? It’s hard to think of someone, maybe Marilynne Robinson’s novels? What about movies or music; has aesthetics been colonized by partisanship?
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A good analysis of the 1994 crime bill—a topic of interest now because of Biden’s support for it back in the day—and a careful accounting for what we can say about its effects, and what it was doing at the time. As ever, policy...