HCR on American anti-intellectualism

Heather Cox Richardson:

While President Donald J. Trump might well have his own reasons for hating a university famous for its brain power, the anti-intellectual impulse behind Trump’s attacks on higher education has a long history in the United States.

In the latest installment of Letters from an American, Richardson offers a short course in American anti-intellectualism.

[One hundred years ago today, John T. Scopes was indicted for teaching evolution.]