Kenneth Nivison
@kennethnivison.bsky.social
Father, husband, New Englander. My kids laugh at all my jokes. U.S. historian specializing in slavery and the era of the Civil War. I write about history, leadership, and citizenship at A New Birth of Freedom: https://kennethnivison.substack.com
I think you might mean indifferent frigidity. Hostile frigidity belongs to Boston.
January 6, 2026 at 11:17 AM
I think you might mean indifferent frigidity. Hostile frigidity belongs to Boston.
Exactly what I was thinking.
December 22, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Exactly what I was thinking.
Historians have a professional obligation to provide clarity, context, and correction—especially where the public trust is as stake. In an environment where truth is deliberately warped or obscured routinely, it is no surprise that historians engage more frequently.
August 7, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Historians have a professional obligation to provide clarity, context, and correction—especially where the public trust is as stake. In an environment where truth is deliberately warped or obscured routinely, it is no surprise that historians engage more frequently.
Also, stop calling them tariffs. They are taxes. They are the Trump Tax. And they land on US consumers.
August 1, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Also, stop calling them tariffs. They are taxes. They are the Trump Tax. And they land on US consumers.
Every accusation from the right is a confession.
July 26, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Every accusation from the right is a confession.
If he’s lost the Shaman, he’s lost the country (wink and nod to LBJ).
July 25, 2025 at 12:07 AM
If he’s lost the Shaman, he’s lost the country (wink and nod to LBJ).
Columbia’s choice suggests just how far away from the mission of a university they had already strayed. Elite institutions are too beholden to powerful interests to take principled stands.
July 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Columbia’s choice suggests just how far away from the mission of a university they had already strayed. Elite institutions are too beholden to powerful interests to take principled stands.
Follow. The. Money.
July 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Follow. The. Money.
Follow. The. Money.
July 23, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Follow. The. Money.
By "solved" he probably means "they should have just allowed slavery to continue, and then we would not have all of this DEI stuff to deal with." Or something like that.
June 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
By "solved" he probably means "they should have just allowed slavery to continue, and then we would not have all of this DEI stuff to deal with." Or something like that.
Self-loathing is a powerful force.
June 16, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Self-loathing is a powerful force.