BlogEducation & the Commercial Mindset
How education as a business has gone from a fringe theory to a borderline cultural obsession.
BlogYes, He Did: May Britt & Sammy Davis, Jr.’s Courageous Marriage
Threatened, kidnapped, and insulted for love — if Britt & Davis didn’t go the distance, no one has.
BlogReading List: Finding Bix
An excerpt from Brendan Wolfe’s new book, Finding Bix: The Life & Afterlife of a Jazz Legend.
BlogThe History of Education Without (M)any Gaps
We fill some of the gaps in our history without gaps.
BlogAmerican GIs and the Origins of “Brainwashing”
How we thought about commie “brainwashing” tells us a lot about radicalization.
BlogVirginia’s Brush with Eugenics
In 1927, Virginia didn’t just ban interracial marriage — they started a program of forced sterilization drawn straight from the Nazi playbook.
