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In the famous trial scene from Dostoyevsky’s 1880 novel “The Brothers Karamazov,” reputed to be one of Putin’s favorite books, the prosecutor invokes Gogol’s metaphor comparing Russia to a troika

Glenn Youngkin looks like a nice guy, but his messages are disturbing. For example, he says schools should not teach students what to think, but how to think. On the

John Kitterman Now that I am retired, I discover I have been teaching critical race theory for the last 40 years without knowing it. I think this is because as an undergrad at UVA it was just assumed that if you were smart enough to get in Mr. Jefferson’s University, you knew that American political, judicial, educational, and religious systems were riddled with racism, just as they were with prejudice against women, gays, and other groups, including Sally Hemings. It was the 1...

John Kitterman It’s MLK Day but most of the news is about a Second Civil War, a reality TV version where grown men join armed gangs in the rural hood and call themselves militias and Boogaloos like 21st century KKK, then “liberate” the Capitol and take selfies in front of actual heroes. Everyone needs some fantasy to hide the inconsistencies in the real world and keep their identity intact. But maybe we would all be better off loosening up during this American identit...