Ethan Healey
@ethanhealey.com
Teacher. Early American Historian. Writer. New England native. Future ghost. Fenway Faithful. TIME’s 2006 Person of the Year.
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Please like this post so I know folks are still using this app. I’m thinking of deleting this app entirely.
September 13, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Please like this post so I know folks are still using this app. I’m thinking of deleting this app entirely.
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This is fore-edge painting: a scene hidden in a book's gilded edge, invisible until you fan the pages just right. Here it meets Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
August 9, 2026 at 1:42 PM
This is fore-edge painting: a scene hidden in a book's gilded edge, invisible until you fan the pages just right. Here it meets Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
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The most impossible furniture to find is a good bookcase.
August 9, 2026 at 2:34 PM
The most impossible furniture to find is a good bookcase.
I recently read Rose Horowitch’s essay from The Atlantic about the end of reading and it reminded me of an article I wrote which is an adjacent to her discussion. Let me know what you think.
www.ethanhealey.com/p/are-books-...
www.ethanhealey.com/p/are-books-...
Are Books Getting Worse?
Every generation seems convinced that its culture is in decline.
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July 16, 2026 at 6:57 PM
I recently read Rose Horowitch’s essay from The Atlantic about the end of reading and it reminded me of an article I wrote which is an adjacent to her discussion. Let me know what you think.
www.ethanhealey.com/p/are-books-...
www.ethanhealey.com/p/are-books-...
Part two out now!
July 7, 2026 at 2:23 PM
Part two out now!
Thank you for the inclusion!
Happy 250th, America! My gift to you, as is the tradition of course, is all the phenomenal public scholarly writing, podcasts, & books in my 283rd #ScholarSunday thread. Add more below, please share as widely as was the Declaration, & enjoy the intellectual fireworks, all! 🗃️ +
#ScholarSunday Thread 283 (7/5/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Happy 250th, America! My gift to you, as is the tradition of course, is all the phenomenal public scholarly writing, podcasts, & books in my 283rd #ScholarSunday thread. Add more below, please share a...
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July 7, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Thank you for the inclusion!
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Happy 250th, America! My gift to you, as is the tradition of course, is all the phenomenal public scholarly writing, podcasts, & books in my 283rd #ScholarSunday thread. Add more below, please share as widely as was the Declaration, & enjoy the intellectual fireworks, all! 🗃️ +
#ScholarSunday Thread 283 (7/5/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
Happy 250th, America! My gift to you, as is the tradition of course, is all the phenomenal public scholarly writing, podcasts, & books in my 283rd #ScholarSunday thread. Add more below, please share a...
blackwhiteandread.com
July 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Happy 250th, America! My gift to you, as is the tradition of course, is all the phenomenal public scholarly writing, podcasts, & books in my 283rd #ScholarSunday thread. Add more below, please share as widely as was the Declaration, & enjoy the intellectual fireworks, all! 🗃️ +
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July 5, 2026 at 12:02 PM
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Thank you so much for coming on! 💗 it was such a wonderful conversation.
July 4, 2026 at 3:17 PM
Thank you so much for coming on! 💗 it was such a wonderful conversation.
I was lucky enough to join a podcast, hosted by a dear friend, to discuss our nations history and how we remember it. I hope you give it a listen to help you think about the Revolution. Part One out today!
www.civicsandcoffee.com/america-at-2...
www.civicsandcoffee.com/america-at-2...
July 4, 2026 at 2:53 PM
I was lucky enough to join a podcast, hosted by a dear friend, to discuss our nations history and how we remember it. I hope you give it a listen to help you think about the Revolution. Part One out today!
www.civicsandcoffee.com/america-at-2...
www.civicsandcoffee.com/america-at-2...
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Happy July 4th, peeps!
2026 marks 250 years since the founders signed the Declaration of Independence & announced their decision to separate from the crown to establish a new nation & historians haven't stopped talking about it since!
2026 marks 250 years since the founders signed the Declaration of Independence & announced their decision to separate from the crown to establish a new nation & historians haven't stopped talking about it since!
July 4, 2026 at 12:21 PM
Happy July 4th, peeps!
2026 marks 250 years since the founders signed the Declaration of Independence & announced their decision to separate from the crown to establish a new nation & historians haven't stopped talking about it since!
2026 marks 250 years since the founders signed the Declaration of Independence & announced their decision to separate from the crown to establish a new nation & historians haven't stopped talking about it since!
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Thank you so much for coming on, my friend! I am so excited for everyone to hear our conversation.
July 2, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Thank you so much for coming on, my friend! I am so excited for everyone to hear our conversation.
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Instead of hearing about this and thinking “how dare he take 3 months off!” consider thinking that 3 months’ paid leave for inpatient depression treatment could be available for everybody if people like Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ) chose to pass a law that said so
GOP Rep. Tom Kean announces depression diagnosis after mysterious monthslong absence from Congress. https://cnn.it/440CV6S
June 30, 2026 at 3:36 PM
Instead of hearing about this and thinking “how dare he take 3 months off!” consider thinking that 3 months’ paid leave for inpatient depression treatment could be available for everybody if people like Rep. Tom Kean (R-NJ) chose to pass a law that said so
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It is the dawn of a new era. Hear our battle anthem.
Welcome to the new InfoWars.
Welcome to the new InfoWars.
July 2, 2026 at 5:12 PM
It is the dawn of a new era. Hear our battle anthem.
Welcome to the new InfoWars.
Welcome to the new InfoWars.
I was lucky enough to chat with Civics & Coffee for a fruitful conversation on the American Revolution and how we remember it.
Be sure to tune in each Saturday so you don’t miss a thing!
The conversation starts this Saturday with @ethanhealey.com as we discuss the power of memory and the American Revolution.
Never fear! Gilded Age content resumes in August!
The conversation starts this Saturday with @ethanhealey.com as we discuss the power of memory and the American Revolution.
Never fear! Gilded Age content resumes in August!
July 2, 2026 at 5:22 PM
I was lucky enough to chat with Civics & Coffee for a fruitful conversation on the American Revolution and how we remember it.
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Be sure to tune in each Saturday so you don’t miss a thing!
The conversation starts this Saturday with @ethanhealey.com as we discuss the power of memory and the American Revolution.
Never fear! Gilded Age content resumes in August!
The conversation starts this Saturday with @ethanhealey.com as we discuss the power of memory and the American Revolution.
Never fear! Gilded Age content resumes in August!
July 2, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Be sure to tune in each Saturday so you don’t miss a thing!
The conversation starts this Saturday with @ethanhealey.com as we discuss the power of memory and the American Revolution.
Never fear! Gilded Age content resumes in August!
The conversation starts this Saturday with @ethanhealey.com as we discuss the power of memory and the American Revolution.
Never fear! Gilded Age content resumes in August!
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“The Fourth of July, 1916,” a painting (set in New York City) that was created by Boston-born artist Childe Hassam.
June 15, 2026 at 3:38 AM
“The Fourth of July, 1916,” a painting (set in New York City) that was created by Boston-born artist Childe Hassam.
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Absolutely brutal indictment of Trump's epic failure here, made even worse by his inability to grasp how monumentally he failed.
June 14, 2026 at 11:47 PM
Absolutely brutal indictment of Trump's epic failure here, made even worse by his inability to grasp how monumentally he failed.
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President Trump “just wants to get a quick photo op, and as a result he papers over the real disagreements,” an Iran expert said. “He just creates a pause so that he can claim that he’s resolved eight or nine conflicts, whatever the count is these days. But he’s not really done anything.”
Trump’s Non-Ceasefire Ceasefire with Iran Is Part of a Larger Pattern
Trump has declared himself the “President of Peace” who has ended ten wars around the world. But his ceasefires are interruptions, not resolutions, to conflicts.
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May 12, 2026 at 9:18 PM
President Trump “just wants to get a quick photo op, and as a result he papers over the real disagreements,” an Iran expert said. “He just creates a pause so that he can claim that he’s resolved eight or nine conflicts, whatever the count is these days. But he’s not really done anything.”
I feel like I keep saying this every few months, but is this thing still on? I feel like anytime I post, there is little to no traction.
May 3, 2026 at 12:10 AM
I feel like I keep saying this every few months, but is this thing still on? I feel like anytime I post, there is little to no traction.
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Okay, I’m putting myself on a book buying ban.
Preorders don’t count. Neither do books apart of a series I already own. Special editions also don’t count. Also ebooks definitely don’t count. Neither do any books with pages. Or any books with words.
I totally got this.
Preorders don’t count. Neither do books apart of a series I already own. Special editions also don’t count. Also ebooks definitely don’t count. Neither do any books with pages. Or any books with words.
I totally got this.
May 2, 2026 at 2:11 AM
Okay, I’m putting myself on a book buying ban.
Preorders don’t count. Neither do books apart of a series I already own. Special editions also don’t count. Also ebooks definitely don’t count. Neither do any books with pages. Or any books with words.
I totally got this.
Preorders don’t count. Neither do books apart of a series I already own. Special editions also don’t count. Also ebooks definitely don’t count. Neither do any books with pages. Or any books with words.
I totally got this.
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The AHA has released a statement opposing the new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines, which prohibit content related to sexual orientation & gender identity in undergraduate courses, without defining these terms.
Students deserve full and accurate histories. Read the statement:
Students deserve full and accurate histories. Read the statement:
AHA Opposes Restrictions on Teaching and Learning at Texas Tech University - AHA
The AHA has released a statement strongly opposing the new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines. The guidelines impose a “strict prohibition” on content related to “Sexual Orientation and G...
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April 29, 2026 at 2:14 PM
The AHA has released a statement opposing the new Texas Tech University Course Content Guidelines, which prohibit content related to sexual orientation & gender identity in undergraduate courses, without defining these terms.
Students deserve full and accurate histories. Read the statement:
Students deserve full and accurate histories. Read the statement:
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I say again, once more with feeling:
April 28, 2026 at 8:48 PM
I say again, once more with feeling:
ERASING HISTORY, by Jason Stanley: read this damn book. It shows how fascists weaponize education to influence the public perceptions. As a teacher in the middle of attempt to control, I’m impacted by its reality. This is mandatory reading for all Americans.
April 28, 2026 at 9:37 PM
ERASING HISTORY, by Jason Stanley: read this damn book. It shows how fascists weaponize education to influence the public perceptions. As a teacher in the middle of attempt to control, I’m impacted by its reality. This is mandatory reading for all Americans.