Knowledge’s Greatest Hits: Violet Moller’s The Map of Knowledge Post author By Bryan Caswell Post date February 1, 2021
“Patriotic Education”: By Whose Definition? Even if we ignore Columbus’s genocidal pillaging (and we shouldn’t), what exactly should Americans find “patriotic” about a man born 300 years before our country who never even set foot here? Post author By Kevin Lavery Post date October 12, 2020
The Principal Purpose of Education: Dwight D. Eisenhower at Commencement Eisenhower visiting Gettysburg during his presidency. National Park Service. Post author By Kevin Lavery Post date May 18, 2020
Charging into a Minefield: Reflections on High School Humanities Writing in 2020 Fountain pen writing Post author By Bryan Caswell Post date March 23, 2020
Concerning Grad School: The View from the Middle It was as I wrote this article off-campus that I realized I had almost no pictures of URI-- aside from this beautiful sunset captured while leaving class late one evening. Post author By Ryan Nadeau Post date January 13, 2020
Wondering Through the Shelves: Thoughts on History in American Bookstores Post author By Bryan Caswell Post date August 26, 2019
Constructing the Ivory Tower: Julie Reuben’s Making of the Modern University Low Library, the main administration building at Columbia University. Post author By Kevin Lavery Post date July 22, 2019