A few things online that caught my attention this week:
Paul Berman excuses the Columbia students, but not the faculty.
A new documentary on the work of Robert “Bowling Alone” Putnam. Why isn’t historian Johann Neem a talking head in this documentary?
Credit cards and America
What do Columbia University students read?
Arizona’s 1864 abortion law in context
“The golden age of aggrievement“
Donald Trump and American history
People are buying books
Donald Trump’s campaign rallies
An oral history of the 1968 Columbia University student protests
Nell Irvin Painter on writing about anything and everything
“First world problems” and The New York Times advice column, the Ethicist.
The Jewish soldiers who celebrated Passover during the Civil War.
Adam Goodheart reviews Erik Larson, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War.
P..T. Barnum and Beluga whales