Issues for the week of December 9, 2021 - Public Seminar

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Curated Essays for the

Week of December 9

Previous Weeks

BIG IDEAS

Navigating the World of Grand Strategy with Christopher McKnight Nichols and Andrew Preston

Gregory Coleman, Christopher McKnight Nichols and Andrew Preston

The Blob and the Mob: On Grand Strategy and Social Change

Beverly Gage

Professor of history and director of the Brady-Johnson Program in Grand Strategy at Yale University
FABRICATING THE PAST

What Use Is Fact-Checking Against Fact-Free Politics?

Edin Hajdarpasic

Associate professor of history at Loyola University Chicago
WITCH HUNTS

Burning the Witch

Miranda Forsyth

Associate Professor in the School of Regulation and Global Governance (RegNet) in the College of Asia and Pacific at Australian National University
JOE BIDEN'S AMERICA

Could We Learn to Live Somewhere Between “Never Again” and “Thoughts and Prayers?”

Claire Potter

Contributing Editor at Public Seminar, and Emeritus Professor of History at the New School for Social Research

Photo Essay: Abortion Protests at the Supreme Court

Jo Freeman

Feminist scholar and political scientist

Cents and Non-Cents about Inflation

Steve Max

Board member, Three Parks Independent Democrats.
Associate Director Emeritus, Midwest Academy