New Article on Slate: "The Ancient Romans Had a Strange Way of Dealing With Figures Like Donald Trump"

I've been thinking about damnatio memoriae and how it might hinder us from moving forward in the wake of the Trump administration. See my recent article at Slate:

The Ancient Romans Had a Strange Way of Dealing With Figures Like Donald Trump
The practice was called damnatio memoriae, and it has useful lessons for how we move on.

You can also hear me talk about damnatio memoriae and more as one of Colin McEnroe's guests on his WNPR show, The Colin McEnroe Show:

There Is No January Exception.
Donald Trump’s legal team delivered their defense of the former president Friday. They followed a tightly argued and visceral presentation delivered by