If, at some point, a new diagnosis is announced that describes people who can’t stop purchasing and reading books about the 2016 presidential campaign, I could be one of the first to sign up for treatment. I imagine that while wellness professionals will recommend some combination of meditation and exercise, psychologists will have a behavior … More A Historian Obsessed With the Present
In February, I was able to attend the 2018 Conservative Political Action Conference, held annually in a conference center outside Washington, D.C. I live blogged two days of general sessions, interviewed people, heard numerous speakers, and was present at a Trump rally. I had the opportunity to talk to a number of conservative activists, from … More How to Learn from Conservatives
When we think about our divided country, social media seems to be a prime culprit: my column last week addressed the ongoing revelations about Facebook, and the use of social media data to micro-target divisive messages to the American electorate during the 2016 Presidential campaign. Experts and ordinary voters are still turning over the Rubik’s Cube of … More What Happened at the Lorraine Motel
Last week I was surprised and pleased to learn that an article I wrote years ago, “Queer Hoover: Sex, Lies and Political History” (2006) had been featured in an essay by Mathew Wills at the JSTOR Daily. You can read it, with a link to the original article, here. I am really very flattered by this, … More Queer Hoover: The Long Life of an Article
Forty-five years ago today, all the President’s men were nervously awaiting the results of a planned break-in at an office at the Watergate complex in Washington, D.C. where the Democratic National Committee had established its 1972 campaign headquarters. Naughty, naughty. The White House’s shadow arm was a jolly crew nicknamed “the Plumbers:” among those who … More Watergate: A History Lesson
…I cannot publish this blog post at my main gig, Public Seminar, where we are rightly scrupulous about not running afoul of intellectual property distinctions. Taken a month ago, the photograph illustrates an article by Peter Baker and Maggie Haberman with the headline: “Trump Grows Discontented with Attorney General Jeff Sessions” (June 5, 2017). But … More Because I Have Stolen This Picture of Donald Trump From The New York Times…
