Some of our readers responded to last week’s post on Eliza Farnham, calling into question – justifiably, we think – our use of the term “social science” in reference to phrenology. In answer to our perspicacious followers we present this week…
We tend to think of progress as a linear story of development, in which each new era adds to the gains of the past ones, but often the story of progress is a more intrepid one, filled with setbacks, misfirings and brilliant false starts. Such might be …
If you’re going to be a fool today take a lesson from this week’s Bigelownian, and own it.
In times of crisis (self-manufactured or otherwise) we find it helpful to turn to Bigelownians. In this installment we look at Grover Cleveland, another president who sat at the helm while the nation weathered significant financial difficulties.
In honor of Jorge Bergoglio, the newly appointed Pope, this week’s Bigelownian is John “The Pathfinder” Frémont, the face of the Free Soil Party in the 1856 presidential election and a practicing Catholic.