But how we get out of this mess is by getting out of a compliance mindset. We need people to look at history and look beyond social media.2 We desperately need people to think again. Nowhere is this more evident than in Congress, where the same risk aversion that steers students away from the humanities now steers elected officials away from... See more

History can weigh like a millstone; archaic distinctions and practices can drag upon our freedom and agency. But detachment from the past has its own pitfalls. It means that the past that survives is a default genealogy, a mere reflection of the status quo, fixed and irrelevant. It loses its living value, its capacity to help the current generation

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Why Don’t We Learn From History?: [History] cannot be interpreted without the aid of imagination and intuition. The sheer quantity of evidence is so overwhelming that selection is inevitable. Where there is selection there is art. Those who read history tend to look for what proves them right and confirms their personal opinions. They defend

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