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This Week's Op Eds

Original essays for the History News Network.

Spiritualism and Suspension Bridges: John Roebling and a Biographer's Sympathy for the Weird 19th Century

by Richard Haw

A biographer of Brooklyn Bridge designer John Roebling expected to write about a genius. He also ended up writing about a complete weirdo, and how one man could be both.


COVID-19 and the White Horse Prophecy: The Theology of Ammon Bundy

by Betsy Gaines Quammen

In a country with segments of people who deny science, act on revelation, see regular events as either conspiratorial or supernatural, COVID-19 offers a platform for misinformation and agitation.


What to do about COVID? Start by Listening to People

by Rachel F. Seidman

An oral historian of medical care in the South observes that the current crisis shows weaknesses in the fabric of society that would have long been obvious to policymakers if they were more inclined to listen to ordinary people. 


Turn out the Lights: When the Last American Diplomats Fled China

by Joe Renouard

The U.S. diplomats who left China in 1949 left oral histories that serve as warning how how misunderstandings, misplaced hopes, and missed opportunities can poison relations between great powers.


"The Last Dance" is the 'Presidential Historian' of Documentaries

by Jason Steinhauer

Viewers have embraced the ESPN Documentary "The Last Dance" as an escape and the best sports "fix" around. But its framing of leadership reflects a serious issue: the limits of how American media presents history.


The Heroism of an Ordinary American Woman on the World War II Homefront

by Jim DeFelice

We should definitely celebrate people like Henry Langrehr, the paratroopers of the 82nd Airborne, and the other troops who fought with them. But we should also spend a moment thanking people like his wife, who made their triumph possible.


Are We Repeating Some Chapter of World History?

by Peter N. Stearns

Did I hear some smart aleck student mumble something about Santayana?


The Real Thucydides Trap

by Waller R. Newell

Classical histories are in vogue as explanations for the Coronavirus-fueled tensions between the United States and China. A political science scholar argues that an influential theory gets Thucydides backwards.


As it was 100 Years Ago, Consuming is Political in a Crisis

by Mark W. Robbins and Christine Reiser Robbins

In a crisis, unity and cooperation have been the positive sides of consumer politics. But they have always fought against price gouging, suspicion and stereotyping.


Trump's Immigration Restrictions Echo Rhetoric of Africa's White Settler Regimes

by Brooks Marmon

The Trump administration's adoption of immigration restrictions during the COVID crisis echoes the racial and economic agenda of the white settler regime in Rhodesia.


60 Years Ago, West Virginia Helped Make JFK President

by Robert Rupp

JFK's diligent campaigning in West Virginia in 1960 overcame the state's suspicion of his Catholic faith and later put Appalachia on the nation's policy agenda.


Yes, John Wilkes Booth did Speak Those Notorious Words At Lincoln's Last Speech

by Ken Lawrence

There is ample evidence Booth declared his intention--complete with racist invective-- to kill Lincoln after hearing the President state his willingness to make black Union soldiers citizens. The quote helps keep Booth's motives in focus for students of history.


V-E Day Must Inspire Our Fight against Hunger and Pandemic

by William Lambers

The Greatest Generation won a world war and fed the hungry. We need that same spirit today as we face the Coronavirus menace and a world hunger crisis. 


 

 

Don't Miss!

 

Trump Is Not Fighting Science, He's Stealing Its Authority

by Adam Laats

Donald Trump is standing athwart the scientific process and shouting "Look at Me!" His claims to discern what science is "real" are making the coronavirus crisis far more dangerous.


Tiger King: Lurid Netflix Smash Can Illuminate Southern Queer Cultures (If You Look Closer)

by John Howard

Tiger King viewers should look past the show's outrageous elements to consider the political, economic and legal factors that shape queer life in the American south.


The COVID Crisis is Accelerating a Global Shift to Authoritarianism (In America, Too)

by Luke Reader

Does the handling of the coronavirus mark a failure of government policy? The answer depends what the administration wanted from the crisis. If his goal was to concentrate power, Trump may be succeeding.


The Crystal Ball is Broken

by Steve Hochstadt

Only one thing is clear – recovery to "normal life" will take a long time, well beyond the end of 2020.


Lessons on Isolation and Humanity in a Family's Letters from Hiding

by Daphne Geismar

A virus doesn't discriminate. But our social structures, systemic biases, and policy choices have made some populations particularly vulnerable. This pandemic has changed us. We must make changes so this tragedy, like the Holocaust, isn't repeated.

 

 
 






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