What’s he doing now? Writing a memoir, teaching himself Spanish, and vowing to read (at long last) Henry Adams’s “History of the Administrations of Jefferson and Madison.”
Women have tended to make the greatest strides toward political, social, and economic equality during times of turmoil and unrest. Is the era of Trump such a moment?
“I didn’t [set out to write history]. It chose me. I set out to be in advertising, then fell into journalism, and then began to specialize in writing history.”
Students who engage in speech critical of Israeli policy are largely motivated by their concern for Palestinian human rights. They are not motivated by anti-Semitic hate.
