The school is trying to build a structure to house the ‘Silent Sam’ statue indoors but that’s not good enough. Opponents just want it gone.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
UNC Students, Faculty Rally Against Confederate Monument
Several dozen teaching assistants at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill started a grade strike Friday,...
Intro by Kemberlee Kaye:
LI is currently without a podcast. My dear friend and children’s authoress, Amelia Hamilton, produces a fabulous podcast for kids that covers all things colonial America.
I interviewed Hamilton about her podcast, Growing Patriots. You can read that interview here.
Sunday was the 40th anniversary of the Jonestown massacre, an event that caused the deaths of about 900 people (about a third of them children) who were killed at the group’s compound in Guyana.
Note that I write “were killed” rather than “killed themselves.” One of the many misconceptions about the Jonestown...
Meet Amelia Hamilton — dearest friend, gifted children’s authoress, and education advocate.
Amelia Hamilton is a blogger and author of the Growing Patriots children’s books. A lifelong writer and patriot, she also loves hockey, old cars, old movies and apple juice. Amelia has a master’s degree in both English and 18th-century history...
WOW. What a find! Archaeologists unveiled the earliest known inscription of Jerusalem in Hebrew on a 2,000-year-old column at The Israel Museum. From The Jerusalem Post:
The words: “Hanania son of Dudolos from Jerusalem” was etched on the column which was part of a building that stood in a Jewish potters village...
Another campus statue is being singled out for removal over political correctness. “Prospector Pete” is going to be taken off the campus plaza of California State University Long Beach and moved to an alumni center, because critics say the Gold Rush contributed to deaths of indigenous peoples.
What do you consider the most historical moments of the 20th century? I’d say the Russians raising the Soviet Union flag over the Reichstag when they conquered Berlin (damn, I so wish it was the American flag, though). Liberation of the Nazi concentration camps. President Lyndon B. Johnson signing the Civil...
On August 25, 1988, a tragedy struck in Iran, one that most people do not know about. Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa that led to the execution of 30,000 Iranian political prisoners.
That fatwa led to “the biggest massacre of political prisoners since World War II.” Khomeini targeted members and...
The statue was removed after students protested. Then it was supposed to be moved to its campus in Italy. Now that may not happen.
The College Fix reports:
Pepperdine’s Columbus statue wiped off the map, possibly for good
A Christopher Columbus statue at Pepperdine University torn down after student complaints of racism and oppression...
Last August, I reviewed conservative pundit and film maker Dinesh D’Souza’s book: The Big Lie – Exposing the Nazi Roots of the American Left.
His latest film is based on The Big Lie as well as his most recent book, Death of a Nation: Plantation Politics and the Making of the Democratic...
Michael Anton has caused a furor by suggesting that birthright citizenship is not required by the US Constitution, as Fuzzy Slippers has previously discussed on this blog. Anton is quoted as having said this on Tucker Carlson’s show:
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Medieval Studies has been under fire from the left for a while now, for being too white. Please note: This post has been updated, see below.
Campus Reform reports:
Activists demand more social justice in Mediev...
They were going to change the exam to start at 1450, but after criticism they’re changing it to the year 1200. Not much of an improvement.
Inside Higher Ed reports:
Compromising on a Timeline for History
Responding to criticism of its earlier plan to begin the Advanced Placement World History exam around the year...
This is pretty incredible. a 1,900-year-old coin was recently unearthed in an ancient Jerusalem drain. Minted in the fourth year of the Jewish revolt against Rome (year 69), the coin contains the words “For the Redemption of Zion.”
For the last few weeks, George Washington’s Mount Vernon and Dominion Energy have been engaged in a nasty and very public PR battle over Dominions plans to build a compressor station just across the river from the first president’s home.
Mount Vernon launched a surprisingly aggressive (aggressive for a his...
We mentioned the college board’s decision in an earlier post. This is the backlash.
Campus Reform reports:
Scholars blast decision to cut 8,000 years from AP World History
Students and scholars are up in arms over a decision to cut thousands of years from the Advanced Placement World History curriculum, w...
This is one of the greatest problems facing higher education today. Not enough students have even a decent understanding of history.
From the CNN Wire Service:
The College Board wants to cut thousands of years from its AP World History test — teachers aren’t having it
If you ask the company that runs the...
