Timothy Messer-Kruse
Timothy Messer-Kruse is a professor of ethnic studies at Bowling Green State University.
Stories by this Author
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The Review | Essay
The Unbearable Whiteness of Ken Burns
The filmmaker’s new documentary on Benjamin Franklin tells an old and misleading story. -
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The Review
The Slippery Matter of ‘Truth’ in Patriotic Education
Laws against teaching critical race theory might backfire on Republicans. -
The Review
What the 1619 Project Really Means
Its liberal and conservative critics both miss the point. -
The Review
How Google Scrambled the Academic Mind
Experts once structured and categorized knowledge. Now search engines do that task. The result? Anarchy. -
The Chronicle Review
Who Knows?
Claims to authority by both academe and Wikipedia are riddled with contradictions. -
Observer
The ‘Undue Weight’ of Truth on Wikipedia
The author has written two books about the Haymarket riot and trial. In some circles, that affords a presumption of expertise. Not, however, on Wikipedia.