January 2017
The Arc of History
As a historian, I share with former President Obama the idea that there is such a thing as "the arc of history." What is meant by this is that human beings have very gradually changed over the centuries from small clans and tribes who had to fight tooth and claw to survive to a global society, much of which has common (and largely American) values.
We no longer throw our adolescent girls into a volcano to calm the rage of the volcano god. Most of us no longer regard women more...