A few things online that caught my attention this week:
The problem with book reviewing
Are the culture wars still religious in nature?
Historians as contextualizers
Philip Gorski and Sam Perry talk about Christian nationalism
Are professors groomers?
“Relief for ladies” (abortion)
Jennifer Ratner-Rosenhagen reviews Metaphysical Animals: How Four Women Brought Philosophy Back to Life
Do we need a new narrative of mass shootings?
An 1892 lynching in Port Jervis, New York
Ethan Schrum reviews Ronald G. Musto, The Attack on Higher Education: The Dissolution of the American University
Garrett Epps critiques originalism
Drew Gilpin Faust reviews David Hackett Fischer,’s African Founders: How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals
Five books on the New York Mets
Timothy Egan reviews Bill McKibben’s The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon. Read an excerpt from McKibbon’s book here.