It's not just younger scholars. It's the whole field that shies from controversies, debates, critiques. When was there a last generative disagreement or a book review that spurred new research? Think the Finlay/Zemon Davis debate
www.jstor.org/stable/i305097
We need disagreement in scholarship.

Democrats need both Project 2027 and Project 2029. A vision ahead and a plan to clean up the rubble and rebuild.

Entirely self-inflicted thanks to the disinformation spread by those who hold what used be considered fringe beliefs.

Dispiriting. What a world.

The trouble with satire is that you need knowledge to be able to decipher what's going on. I find too many take texts/plays/social media posts at face value.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slam_Fr...

We have forgotten what it's like to hold a child paralyzed with polio or comfort a mom who has lost her child from measles. It wasn’t that many generations ago. And I don‘t want to see us go backward. They protect children. They are our best defense against these terrible illnesses.

Interesting that an article about US concentration camps is in the "business" section of the paper.