Jonathan Zimmerman teaches education and history at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of The Amateur Hour: A History of College Teaching in America, published by Johns Hopkins University Press. He is the co-author (with Signe Wilkinson) of Free Speech, And Why You Should Give a Damn, which will be published in the spring by City of Light Press.
The New York Times and Modern Blasphemy
The Donald McNeil controversy has long roots. A historian of free speech explains.
Impeach Trump But Not for What He Said on January 6th
It’s chilling when my fellow liberals like Nancy Pelosi start talking about “incitement of insurrection,” a charge that’s been used against the Left and doesn’t apply here.
What Donald Trump Can Learn From Grover Cleveland
The only president to lose and then come back, the 24th president has lessons for the 45th.
The PhD Glut and What to Do About It
A new book cheerfully argues that we can find jobs for all those doctoral candidates outside the academy. Don’t be too sure.
Biden’s Education Secretary? The Case for Amy Gutmann, President of the University of Pennsylvania
The scholar specializes in bridging differences in a democracy, which is just what the riven education world needs.
