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A Not-So-Innocent Abroad
Given her politics, profession and (hippie) parentage, Rachel Toor finds herself surprised to feel a surge of patriotism while traveling overseas.
Letter From a Region of My Mind
Last March, a speed-walk tour of our national museums provided an insight into what was in jeopardy. Now, it seems, we’ve already lost the work of a half century of scholarship.
It’s a Small World (After All)
My take on the quirky and all-too-human realities of academic life, drawing on decades spent in publishing, admissions, the faculty trenches and now as a presidential confidante.