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This Week's Op Eds

Original essays for the History News Network.

The Rise (and Fall?) of Trump's Viral Death Cult

by Brian Glyn Williams

Trump's cult-leader response to COVID-19 is causing the equivalent of a Jonestown every day. 


UCLA Historian Carla Pestana Debunks Myths About the Pilgrims and the Plymouth Colony

by James Thornton Harris

Alert Tom Cotton: Plymouth Rock, the Mayflower Compact, and the origins of Thanksgiving are just a few of the things Professor Carla Pestana finds in need of historical revision. 


The Devil and Mary Lease

by Alan J. Singer

Populist and feminist agitator Mary Lease advised farmers to "raise less corn and more hell." Her brand of hell-raising, however, included a strong current of antisemitism that needs to be widely known.


Nuclear Deterrence and Things Left to Chance

by David Barash

A beguiling, if horrifying, paradox of nuclear deterrence theory is that the credibility of a nuclear threat requires introducing uncertainty into the equation; one party must convince the other that they just might take a mutually destructive action, making the unthinkable possible.


Biden will Confront Systemic Conservatism Despite a Mandate for Change

by Steven F. Lawson

If Joe Biden wants to implement progressive change, he'll be stopped not by a lack of popular support, but by the conservatism built into American institutions. 


A Surprise Encounter with Zora Neale Hurston

by Fred Zilian

The genius of Zora Neale Hurston has fascinated recent scholars, but one reader found traces of her legacy in an unexpected place. 


Take a Lesson from the Persistence of the Founder of Modern Thanksgiving

by William Lambers

Sarah Josepha Hale pushed Abraham Lincoln to declare a national Thanksgiving holiday as a day to seek healing and unity. Fighting to end hunger is a way to recommit to the spirit of the holiday.


I Dare Call it Treason

by Steve Hochstadt

Having a traitor in the White House was the fantasy of the TV thriller "Designated Survivor". Now life imitates bad art.


 

 

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Post-Election America Will Still Be Deeply Divided

by Joe Renouard

Congressional gridlock, eroding public trust, and partisan polarization are not media creations; they are observable and measurable realities.


How Two French Introverts Quietly Fought the Nazis

by Jeffrey H. Jackson

Two introverted French Lesbian artists conducted a campaign of subversion against the Nazis occupying the Island of Jersey that a trial judge called "more dangerous than soldiers." A new book explains how.


There is Nothing Sacred About the Military Vote

by Rachel Gunter

After a patient count, Joe Biden has claimed victory, and fears that late-arriving military absentee ballots could be subject to litigation that might decide the election have receded. This is fortunate, because history shows parties won't hesitate to interfere with the military vote for political advantage.


Blaming the Messenger: Trump, the KKK, and the War on Historians

by David Welky

Conservative demands for "patriotic" history education echo the culture war fought by the Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s. 


The End of an Era? Athens After Empire

by Ian Worthington

"Hellenistic" Athens may not shine as brightly as Classical Athens, but it has lived unfairly in the shadow of its famous predecessor. It's time it emerged from that shadow.


 

Roundup Top 10

Roundup Top Ten for November 20, 2020

The top op eds by historians from around the web last week.

 
 






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