by Miles Smith IV The statistics are in for history as a profession, and they are dire. The number of tenure-track positions open for history professors fell to an all-time […]
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The Good, the Bad and the Stupid 5
Good: SB 216, requiring all schools to instruct students on Holocaust, other genocides and financial literacy. This bill has passed the Senate and is being reviewed by the House Education […]
Debt ceiling showdown not what Congress imagined in 1917
by Carl P. Leubsdorf It began as a way to make it easier for the federal government to sell bonds to finance the U.S. role in World War I. Now, […]
History Center’s film on Stone Mountain’s past a view to the present
by Bill Torpy The Atlanta History Center’s new documentary about Stone Mountain has lots of grainy black-and-white film of the Ku Klux Klan rallying atop the big rock. Then the […]
History doesn’t repeat — it rhymes
As the idiom goes, those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat. But history never really repeats — it rhymes. The players change, as do the locations. […]
A new year but there’s nothing new
People speak of a new year as turning the page, or starting out fresh, or forgetting the past. At the start of a new year, I like to look back […]
We owe them much better than this
Joe Engel died last week. It’s unlikely you will know the name, especially if you don’t live in Charleston, S.C., his hometown since 1949. Joe never wrote a great novel […]
This could now be Weimar America
by Andreas Kluth Before we ponder the world’s biggest news this week, America’s surprisingly narrow midterm elections, let’s pay respect to Jair Bolsonaro. That’s because the Brazilian president recently did […]
Editorial Encore: Halloween’s origins and traditions
EDITOR’S NOTE: This editorial was originally published Oct. 31, 2021. Happy Halloween! A fun fact for you: “Halloween” is a contraction of “Hallow Eve” or All Hallows’ Eve as we’ve […]
Halloween’s roots spookier than witches, candy bars
by Tok Thompson As Halloween approaches, people get ready to celebrate the spooky, the scary and the haunted. Ghosts, zombies, skeletons and witches show up in yards, windows and stores. […]
