1. Re @RuleandRuin’s grumpy piece on the historiography of conservatism (https://t.co/G3ols3owF1), @TomSugrue offers the full-throated defense of the discipline’s honor: https://t.co/20TalVTsja. I have a more specific point, undeniably motivated by some “presentist” concerns.

— Sam Rosenfeld (@sam_rosenfeld) September 10, 2018