On Sunday, The New York Times featured an article on the significance of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir’s "Operation Telstar" performance…
A Cold War choir
American history
Made in America
Claude S. Fischer discusses his latest book, Made in America: A Social History of American Culture and Character, at Rorotoko.
Obama and the end of exceptionalism
Presidents are compelled to use the language of exceptionalism in two important ways. If our presidents are to be believed,…
History as guide
Yesterday's presidential election in the United States and the 10th anniversary of the U.S. International Religious Freedom Act (IRFA) last…
Religious reasons & secular revelations
That Jürgen Habermas and I probably agree on most fundamental issues does not mean that there are no differences between…