Ira M. Leonard

This article was originally published in the Hartford Advocate. “Increasingly, Americans are a people without history with only memory, which means a people poorly prepared for what is inevitable about life – tragedy, sadness, moral ambiguity – and therefore a people reluctant to engage difficult ethical issues.” – Elliot Gorn, “Professing History: Distinguishing Between Memory…

“Increasingly, Americans are a people without history, with only memory, which means a people poorly prepared for what is inevitable about life – tragedy, sadness, moral ambiguity – and therefore a people reluctant to engage difficult ethical issues.” – Elliot Gorn, “Professing History: Distinguishing Between Memory and Past,” Chronicle of Higher Education (April 28, 2000).…