The New Republic 8/11/2025 For Trump and his allies, the actual principles of the Revolution matter less than its capacity to signify tribal loyalty by distinguishing “real Americans” from domestic enemies.
History & Culture
Bringing American History Back Home for the 250th
Perspectives on History 07/14/2025 In a new age of nations, how we tell national stories will become more important than ever.
A Usable Past for a Post-American Nation
The Hedgehog Review 6/24/2022 It was the evening before the Fourth of July in the last year of his tumultuous presidency, and I sat in front of my television transfixed and horrified as Donald Trump delivered a speech at Mount Rushmore, ostensibly a celebration of...
Unbecoming American
The Hedgehog Review 4/1/2020 I lived in a world where we could all be American. But that may no longer be the case.