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1940s

A writer for The Atlantic discovers pizza

John Fea   |  December 22, 2023

Over at The Atlantic, Saahil Desai calls our attention to Ora Dodd’s 1949 piece on pizza. Here is a taste of Dodd’s essay: The waiter moves aside the glasses of red wine, and sets before you a king-sized open pie. […]

The Author’s Corner with Emily Brooks

Rachel Petroziello   |  November 27, 2023

Emily Brooks is a Historian and Curriculum Writer at the New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools. This interview is based on her new book, Gotham’s War within a War: Policing and the Birth of Law-and-Order Liberalism in World […]

What is conservatism?

John Fea   |  April 2, 2021

As historian Joshua Tait reminds us, the meaning of the term “conservatism” has been a contested one in the United States. In his recent piece at The Bulwark he compares a circle of writers in the 1940s and early 1950s […]