A few things online that caught my attention this week:
Baseball is changing
David Sedaris writes thank-you notes
Cornel West on pragmatism
Since Watergate it has become more difficult to hold president’s accountable
Harold Myerson reviews Gary Dorrien, American Democratic Socialism: History, Politics, Religion, and Theory
Journalism since Watergate: continuity and change
The Watergate hearings and the rise of PBS
Peter Sagal reviews Mark Clague’s O Say Can You Hear?: A Cultural Biography of “The Star-Spangled Banner“
Nathan Robinson reviews Matt Walsh’s documentary “What is a Woman?”
“Know Your Enemy” tackles the Christian Right
Mikel Hill reviews Sarah Riccardi-Swartz, Between Heaven and Russia: Religious Conversion and Political Apostasy in Appalachia
Comparing 1860 secessionists to January 6th insurrectionists
The art in the U.S. Capitol
Ronald White reviews Jonathan White’s A House Built by Slaves: African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House