links to recent writing
Review of Steinzor’s American Apocalypse
Old Vehicle, New Project
The Universities are the Enemy
Attack on the Faculties
Whose Side are College Administrators On?
Right-wing “Parents’ Rights” Groups: A Recent History
The Fraternity Doth Protest
Columbia University 1968 Protests Have Parallels With 2024 Encampments
College administrators are falling into a tried and true trap laid by the right
The History Behind the Right’s Effort to Take Over American Universities
Modern Conservatism was Born on College Campuses.
Possibilities for Propaganda
School policies are at the heart of DeSantis’s political success
Conservatives have long embraced cancel culture
The right supports free enterprise, but only when businesses toe the line on its other political priorities. Read at the Washington Post
Critical race theory is just the new buzzword in conservatives’ war on campuses
Since the 1950s, conservatives have decried liberal professors and worked to pull campuses to the right. Read at the Washington Post
Bringing CPAC to Hungary betrays the origins of the postwar conservative movement
The fight against authoritarianism in Hungary played a key role in building the modern conservative movement. Read at the Washington Post