This post is an essay by one of my favorite historians, Gordon Wood, who published it few days ago in the Wall Street Journal. Here's a link to the original. In anticipation of the upcoming 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, he argues that the US is a distinctive in being a nation build on … Continue reading Gordon Wood — America Is a Creedal Nation
This post is a recent essay by Hilarius Bookbinder from his Substack. Here's a link to the original. He is my favorite read these days in my favorite new medium, Substack. He's got a great nom de plume, don't you think? Based on a few clues in his posts, I finally figured out his real name. … Continue reading Hilarius Bookbinder — There Is No Government Waste
In this post, I reproduce a seminal essay by Michael Katz called "Public Education as Welfare." It was originally published in Dissent in 2010 (link to the original) and it draws on his book, The Price of Citizenship: Redefining the American Welfare State. I encountered this essay when I was working on a piece of … Continue reading Michael Katz — Public Education as Welfare
This post is an essay by Francis Fukuyama in the latest issue of American Purpose. Here's a link to the original. It's part of a series of pieces he wrote for the magazine in defense of the Deep State, the specialized bureaucracies that allow the modern state to function effectively while political leaders come and … Continue reading Francis Fukuyama — Balancing Bureaucratic Autonomy and Political Control: Covid Lessons
David Labaree on Schooling, History, and Writing 