Hogan was deputy commissioner when his career in city government ended. Newly elected Mayor Matt Driscoll fired him in ...

Roosevelt fraternized with the likes of Henry Adams, descendant of two presidents and a notorious Jew hater. Adams was ...

Over a long career, Skinner has sought to reclaim the idea of republican liberty for the modern age. But his work also raises ...

Imagining a world in which history has been rewritten to save us — from ourselves. This personal reflection is part of a ...

Power, Orwell appreciated, allowed those who possessed it to create their own historical narrative. It also allowed those in power to silence or censor opposing narratives, quashing the possibility of ...

Books & the Arts / June 9, 2025 Free From What? Quentin Skinner and the contested 
history of liberty What Is Freedom For?

Laws requiring the use of seatbelts reduce automobile-related deaths and injuries by half, according to the CDC. The National ...

The Trump administration has introduced a series of changes to the hiring process for federal jobs, sparking significant ...

The Trump administration has launched a comprehensive attack on knowledge itself — a war against culture, history and science. If this assault is successful, it will undermine Americans’ ability to ...

Leading academic institutions have been toppled before in centers of learning such as Berlin and Beijing. Is Boston next?

There’s no questioning Harvard University’s place in the nation’s history — its mere existence predates the writing of the ...

University of Richmond history professor Eric Yellin talked about the spoils system that existed before the formation of the modern day civil service. This discussion was part of the American ...