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CultureNovember 25, 2009

Can Johnny and Sally Handle the Truth About Thanksgiving?

By Jonathan L. Walton

Maybe it’s time to stop framing European conquest as dinner party between Pilgrims and Indians.

Archive**, CultureJune 17, 2009

Sarah Vowell’s The Wordy Shipmates: The Problem with Popularization

By Kathryn Lofton

While the history of popularization is a history of regular folk learning about other regular revolutionizing folk and imitating them, comic book histories like The Wordy Shipmates do their part in ensuring that the next generation knows more about Beyoncé than Byzantium.

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Katie Kelaidis: "Increasingly it’s clear that the real fault line running through the world is between those committed to a liberal, pluralist future & those who seek an illiberal world in which...personal liberty & autonomy are soundly defeated." https://t.co/gX7OB4nvs2

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.@tlecaque: "The Templars...are loved for the same reason the Confederates are, or the Nazis, or any of a laundry list of unlovable losers noted for their bigotry & violence & hate are. The hate is the point—the Templars just provide another flavor of it."https://t.co/NScNfUEt2g

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How has the American Right amassed so much power and wealth over the years? The history of its funding "goes back for over a century and is deeply tied to conservative Christian institution building," write @CavanConcannon and @JillHicksKeeton: https://t.co/9Oa36jB6uG

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