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The trail in and out seems all too familiar

Choreographed struggle on the field. Real struggle all around it.

Anthea Butler has a quick answer: No

What does it take to stand upright in front of a statue?

A life may not merit a statue. But it does require a story.

In 2007 a Minneapolis bridge fell into the Mississippi River killing thirteen people and injuring 145. According to the National Transportation Safety Board, the bridge’s metal gusset plates were too thin to support the weight of the span. Last month […]

In early America, storytelling accompanied suffering. That legacy can help us today.

In an age of incivility, returning to the nation’s foundations may aid stability

On the battlefield at Gettysburg, competing historical narratives force an encounter with the truth

Anyone wondering about the state of the tottering edifice we just a few decades back deemed “the new world order” need only ingest the title of Mariana Mazzucato’s recent New Republic article: “Saving the Climate in a Triple Crisis: A […]

Which script were the insurrectionists following?

Cynicism isn’t the response our political system, or the internet, needs

White evangelicals were quick to repent of racism in the civil rights era. That doesn’t mean
they’ll embrace critical race theory today.

“If we cannot justify the South in the act of Secession we will go down in History solely as brave, impulsive but rash people who attempted in an illegal manner to overthrow the Union of our country.” –Former Confederate General […]

This holiday requires a new twist: hard questions about our past

Comfort comes from unexpected places

The moment seems promising. The movement is in trouble.

Solzhenitsyn’s truth-to-power speech still speaks

What can turn an assignment into a feast? A Book of Magic, of course—and a city of magic, too

In today’s public square, just how far away is “the other side”?