Edward S. Shapiro

Edward S. Shapiro is an emeritus professor of history at Seton Hall University.

Academic Questions

September 18, 2024

A Voice of Sanity

Edward S. Shapiro

Coleman Hughes’ The End of Race Politics, provides an extended defense of the colorblind society, which Shapiro calls a “persuasive and compelling counter to the New York Times&#......

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September 18, 2024

The Academy and its Discontents

Edward S. Shapiro

Shapiro respects the diligence of Elizabeth M. Kalbfleisch in her Making the Radical University, where she marks the historical events leading to the leftward shift in the American academy over t......

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June 24, 2024

Recalling the 1960s

Edward S. Shapiro

Lauren Lassabe Shepherd’s Resistance from the Right: Conservatives and the Campus Wars in Modern America, writes historian Edward S. Shapiro, is a prime example of “usable past”......

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February 28, 2024

Remembering Harvard

Edward S. Shapiro

When historian Edward Shapiro attended graduate school at Harvard University in the 1960s, the history department was a “jewel in Harvard’s crown.” Shapiro left Harvard in 1963 just......

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July 17, 2023

Paul Ehrlich's Doom and Gloom

Edward S. Shapiro

A recent memoir by the celebrated ecologist shows a scientist can keep their reputation if their conclusions are politically useful.

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May 8, 2023

The Right Stuff

Edward S. Shapiro

Edward S. Shapiro reviews Matthew Continetti’s The Right: The Hundred Year War for American Conservatism

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May 8, 2023

The Progressive Assault on American Philanthropy

Edward S. Shapiro

A recent book attacking Jewish Philanthropy reveals the antagonism of the left to private wealth.

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October 24, 2022

Remembering Sidney Hook

Edward S. Shapiro

A review of "The Disputed Legacy of Sidney Hook," by Gary Bullert, Lexington Books, 2022, pp. 339, $95.28 hardcover.

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March 18, 2022

The Gold Standard

Edward S. Shapiro

A review of "Michael Gold: The People’s Writer," by Patrick Chura, State University of New York Press, 2020, pp. 354, $95.00 hardcover, $26.95 softcover

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August 23, 2021

The Arab Military and American Foreign Policy

Edward S. Shapiro

A review of Armies of Sand: The Past, Present, and Future of Arab Military Effectiveness by Kenneth M. Pollack

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