Robert Taylor
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This bit from Smith is crucial. The people most surprised & dismayed by the behavior of Republican senators? Democratic senators.
No one understands the contemporary right *less* than Dems embedded in DC institutions.
No one understands the contemporary right *less* than Dems embedded in DC institutions.
December 14, 2025 at 8:42 PM
This bit from Smith is crucial. The people most surprised & dismayed by the behavior of Republican senators? Democratic senators.
No one understands the contemporary right *less* than Dems embedded in DC institutions.
No one understands the contemporary right *less* than Dems embedded in DC institutions.
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One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.
December 7, 2025 at 10:09 PM
One argument I used to make to my students about why it was important to learn history (and historical thinking) is that someone was always going to be trying to tell you things were natural or had always been this way and that you needed to be able to see that as an exercise of power.