Jim Loewen

Sociologist James W. Loewen is the author of Lies My Teacher Told Me.

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  Jul 9, 2015 5:47 pm
  

  It's Time to De-Confederatize "The American Pageant": An Open Letter to David Kennedy

  by James W Loewen

  Most teachers still think that the Civil War was fought over states' rights.  It's time for textbooks to correct the record.  Let's start with "The American Pageant." 
  

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  Jul 1, 2015 2:59 pm
  

  Why Do People Believe Myths about the Confederacy? Because Our Textbooks and Monuments Are Wrong.

  by James W Loewen

  False history marginalizes African Americans and makes us all dumber.
  

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  May 25, 2015 8:48 pm
  

  What Do You Do When a Review Is Dishonest?

  by James W Loewen

  "Lies My Teacher Told Me" has received thousands of reviews, but the #2 editorial review at Amazon is blatantly wrong. And there's no recourse even though the editor of the magazine that published it admits the review is flawed.
  

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  May 19, 2015 6:36 pm
  

  Wrong and Racist at Duke

  by James W Loewen

  Political Science Professor Jerry Hough should leave Duke, on grounds of incompetence. He knows nothing about the history of race relations, yet opines on it anyway.
  

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  May 12, 2015 8:16 pm
  

  The Vietnam War Revisioned by Those Who Opposed It

  by James W Loewen

  "There are reasons why peace movement alumni find it harder to congratulate themselves, compared to Civil Rights Movement alumni. Our society has formed a consensus that it is wrong to deny people citizenship, voting rights, jury duty, the use of hospitals and restaurants, etc., based on race. We have not formed a consensus that it is wrong to invade other countries thousands of miles away that pose no threat to our existence. On the contrary, we do it all the time."
  

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  May 6, 2015 6:55 pm
  

  Then Verne Gagne Moved!

  by James W Loewen

  The story of the fake wrestler who started out as a real one -- and the lesson historians should draw from this.
  

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  Mar 20, 2015 11:54 pm
  

  Acknowledging History to Right a Wrong

  by James W Loewen

  Goshen, Indiana has passed a resolution to acknowledge and transcend its past as a sundown town. That's remarkable.
  

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  Mar 18, 2015 5:56 pm
  

  Lincoln's Second Inaugural on Its 150th Birthday

  by James W Loewen

  It's the greatest presidential speech in history, but for a long time, it was either forgotten or misconstrued.
  

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  Feb 16, 2015 8:29 pm
  

  How 20th Century: Going to the Library to Get a Book

  by James W Loewen

  "Our grandchildren, having grown used to nature-deficit-disorder, having adjusted to a society without civic acts, having abandoned face-to-face interaction even when face to face, won't even know what this essay is about."
  

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  Jan 1, 2015 2:14 am
  

  Windshield Pockmarks and Police Behavior

  by James W Loewen

  In the Seattle windshield scare of 1954 there's a lesson that can help us understand what's happened in Ferguson.
  

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  Dec 7, 2014 11:46 pm
  

  How Two Historians Responded to Racism in Mississippi

  by James W Loewen

  One wrote a textbook passing along the racist myths of Reconstruction.  The other wrote a textbook challenging them.
  

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  Nov 19, 2014 12:44 am
  

  Here We Go Again: Tests for the Common Core May Be Unfair to Some and Boring To All

  by James W Loewen

  Old-fashioned multiple-choice tests are often biased against African Americans, Native Americans, and Mexican Americans, and sometimes against females -- yet we keep relying on them.
  

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  Oct 17, 2014 7:22 pm
  

  The Pentagon's Commemorating the Vietnam War. So Should We.

  by James W Loewen

  The Pentagon's spending $30,000,000 on its commemoration.  
  

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  Oct 11, 2014 3:07 pm
  

  More Bad History About Gay Marriage

  by James W Loewen

  Same-sex marriage rulings are a threat to republican government?  Nonsense. 
  

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  Oct 7, 2014 5:49 pm
  

  This is What Flip-Flopping on States' Rights Looks Like

  by James W Loewen

  Whoever controls the federal government is against states' rights. Whoever loses control of the federal government favors states' rights.
  

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  Sep 24, 2014 5:52 am
  

  Let Our Seniors Go

  by James W Loewen

  Our prisons bulge with too many old people, mostly black, put there with too long prison terms, for violent crimes like murder and rape.
  

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  Aug 12, 2014 8:30 am
  

  I Don’t Like It, So It Must Be Art

  by James W Loewen

  "Maybe I'm a barbarian if not a buffoon. Up to you!"
  

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  Jul 7, 2014 8:46 pm
  

  The CIA Has a Museum?

  by James W Loewen

  The CIA never tells about it, but one of their own confirmed it. It's a mystery worthy of the agency.
  

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  May 17, 2014 7:16 pm
  

  Here's What's Wrong with the Nixon Library and Museum

  by James W Loewen

  The "benefit of time" has revealed Nixon's participation ever more clearly.
  

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  May 7, 2014 6:52 pm
  

  Scalping Columbus

  by James W Loewen

  "Some of my stories are total fabrications disguised as the truth."--Fortunate Eagle