Week of October 9

• Politics
  Teaching Patriotism

  Steven B. Smith

  Alfred Cowles Professor of Political Science and professor of philosophy
  Amy Coney Barrett’s Fall from Grace

  Eileen Hunt Botting

  Professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame
• The American Constitution in Crisis: 1861 and 2020
  A Political Paradox

  Rebecca Lubot

  Government Affairs and Public Policy Expert
  The Foiled Confederate Coup of 1861

  Claire Potter and Ted Widmer
• Book Review
  Elena Ferrante Returns to Naples

  Daniel DiMassa

  Assistant Professor of German at Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Annals of the Pandemic
  Tense Times with Protesters in a Brooklyn Hot Zone

  Mitchell Abidor

  Brooklyn-based writer and translator
• Our Columnists
  COVID-19 Snaps Donald Trump’s Spell

  John Stoehr 

  Visiting assistant professor of public policy and liberal studies at Wesleyan University, and editor and publisher of the Editorial Board
  A Battle for the Soul of the Nation

  Heather Cox Richardson

  Professor of History, Boston College