@svateboje.bsky.social: crises come in different flavors but they do keep coming

crises come in different flavors but they do keep coming

this is from JD Hunter’s precis (i assume) of his return to his culture war thesis 30 years later. master narratives are hard. but there is something there i think. hedgehogreview.com/issues/ameri...

Dissent and Solidarityhedgehogreview.com King’s arguments for freedom and justice were not only constitutional but also profoundly ethical.

another master narrative in a way. have not finished it, but i am betting i will see another piece, but one that can easily eclipse others. in america race is everywhere but not everything. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

America’s New Racial Battle Linespress.uchicago.edu A sobering portrait of the United States’ divided racial politics. For nearly two decades, Rogers M. Smith and Desmond King have charted the shifting racial policy alliances that have shaped American ...

a third master narrative, again on target if partial press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

The Hollow Partiespress.princeton.edu A major history of America's political parties from the Founding to our embittered present

Watergate Vietnam withdrawal Reagan Iran / Contra S&L Banking crisis Afghanistan Challenger HIV/AIDS Cold War Black Friday Gulf War Bush v Gore Gulf War II Afghanistan Sep 11 2008 Economic meltdown Sarah Palin Prop 8

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