History
The Men Who Came After Liberty Valance – Timothy…
In retrospect it’s shocking that the critics didn’t like John Ford’s The Man Who Shot Liberty…
A Royal Paine – The Dispatch
Accounts differ, but sometime between late November and the middle of December 1774, a terribly sick…
Zohran Mamdani May Be a Socialist, but Islam Is Not
Ghosts of Christmas My mother passed away. But she is still teaching me, months after her death.…
This Week In Techdirt History: December 28th – January…
from the new-year(s) dept Five Years Ago This week in 2020-2021, we published a series of posts on…
What Betty Friedan Got Wrong About Motherhood –…
In 1963, a book written by a depressed and frustrated stay-at-home wife and mother effectively…
Good Night, Janus – Kevin D. Williamson
I am a confirmed hater of New Year’s Eve parties and a skeptic of New Year’s festivities in general.…
What the Fall of the Whigs Can Teach Republicans—and…
“Are the Republicans going the way of the Whigs?” During President Trump’s first term, this question…
This Week In Techdirt History: December 21st – 27th
from the ghosts-of-christmas-past dept Five Years Ago This week in 2020, Congress sold out to…
A Tale of Two Sports – Jonathan Gibson
Having played competitive table tennis since the age of 9 and competed at both national and…
The End of American Poetry – Timothy Sandefur
New York poet David Lehman has overseen publication of Scribner’s annual Best American Poetry…
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