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A Life in History (Glenn Loury & David Kaiser)
David's memoir, A Life in History ... David: Political history is being ignored in the academy ... Defending the Western model ... Did the Vietn…
6 years ago
Black Faces, Black Interests (Glenn Loury & Carol M. Swain)
How Glenn and Carol first met ... Carol's 1993 book, Black Faces, Black Interests ... Would Stacey Abrams have won if she were pro-life? ... Caro…
6 years, 1 month ago
Dropping the Mask (Glenn Loury & Coleman Hughes)
Coleman's post-collegiate life (with a cameo from Glenn's wife) ... Reopening and the invisible cost of agreeing with Trump ... Thomas Sowell's th…
6 years, 1 month ago
The Viruses (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
John: George Floyd's murder was not an exclusively racial matter ... Glenn: "We're in the grip of hysteria" ... John: Apparently anti-racism trump…
6 years, 1 month ago
Teaching Under Lockdown (Glenn Loury & Michele Kerr)
Was the pandemic lockdown overkill? ... How Michele transitioned her high school students to distance learning ... Michele: We changed the rules on…
6 years, 1 month ago
A Uniquely Potentially Calamitous Situation (Glenn Loury & Joshua Cohen)
Josh: This is a more dangerous moment than any I can remember ... Was George Floyd lynched? ... Glenn views police abuse as a universal problem an…
6 years, 1 month ago
Cops and Race (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
The death of George Floyd in Minneapolis ... Is crime a moral failing? ... Glenn: "Black people in poor cities need the cops" ... The Central Pa…
6 years, 1 month ago
Affirmative Action for Americans? (Glenn Loury & Amy Wax)
Amy wants to starve the higher ed beast ... Do Americans need affirmative action for graduate school? ... Glenn and Amy criticize undergraduate in…
6 years, 2 months ago
The Life and Times of Clarence Thomas (Glenn Loury & Michael Pack)
Michael's new documentary, Created Equal: Justice Thomas in His Own Words ... Is some of the criticism of Thomas from the left racist? ... Why isn'…
6 years, 2 months ago
The 1619 Project's Pulitzer (Glenn Loury & John McWhorter)
Nikole Hannah-Jones wins a Pulitzer Prize for the 1619 Project ... Glenn: This is "a desperate struggle for dignity" in the face of black failure .…
6 years, 2 months ago