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Sunday, September 22, 2019

“What Reconstruction-Era Laws Can Teach Our Democracy”: Lincoln Caplan will have this review of Eric Foner’s new book, “The Second Founding: How the Civil War and Reconstruction Remade the Constitution” in the Sunday Book Review section of the September 29, 2019 issue of The New York Times.

And earlier this week, NPR’s “Fresh Air” had an audio segment titled “‘Second Founding’ Examines How Reconstruction Remade The Constitution” consisting of an interview with Foner about his new book.

Posted at 7:59 PM by Howard Bashman



“A Pastafarian hilariously trolled a town council meeting. The stakes are profoundly serious. The Satanic Temple and the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster are playing a dangerous high-stakes game with the Supreme Court.” Ian Millhiser has this essay online at Vox.

Posted at 7:46 PM by Howard Bashman