Stop Pretending This Is A Democracy
Jim Mamer ScheerPost You can have democracy or you can have great wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but you cannot have both. Ralph Nader Quoting Supreme Court…
Autocracy, Confusion and Teaching History Part Two
Jim Mamer ScheerPost History is not old, especially with people still living with its consequences. Delicia Turner Sonnenberg Comments on Directing August Wilson’s Fences 2026 Part One Available Here Part…
Autocracy, Confusion and Teaching History, Part One
Jim Mamer ScheerPost The purpose of education, finally, is to create in a person the ability to look at the world for himself, to make his own decisions, to say…
Freedom Under Siege: Trump’s War on Speech, Schools, and Truth
By Jim Mamer Academic freedom means that the political, religious, or philosophical beliefs of politicians, administrators, and members of the public cannot be imposed on students or faculty. Inside Higher…
Missing Links in Textbook History: The American Left Part III
Is it not predictable that when segments of a population are harassed, marginalized and enslaved, they will eventually revolt? Does that not constitute a demand for justice?
Missing Links in Textbook History: The American Left Part II
I finally realized that the most useful class division is the simplest: between those who are comfortable, including those who are, like the king, overly comfortable, and those who must…
Missing Links in Textbook History: The American Left Part I
Did you ever learn that communists and socialists have made positive contributions to American society?
Jim Mamer: Teaching Without Fear
Anyone teaching American history should become familiar with what is in this new executive order because it is directly aimed at what they teach.
Missing Links in Textbook History: The American Empire
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost America the Beautiful O beautiful for spacious skies, For amber waves of grain, For purple mountain majesties Above the fruited plain! America! America!…
Why Approved American History Textbooks Contain Missing Links, Part 1
Mamer discusses the limitations and pitfalls of American history textbooks, highlighting how they often omit important details and present a one-dimensional view of historical events. The author also delves into…
Missing Links in Textbook History: Opposition to War Part 3, Vietnam
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost This is the third part of my exploration of how high school American History textbooks describe American wars and the opposition to them.…