October 2008
Monthly Archive
October 30, 2008
October 30, 2008
So far I’ve applied to twenty teaching positions in U.S. history: four in North Carolina; one in Oklahoma; one in Arkansas; one in Rhode Island; three in Pennsylvania; one in Wyoming; three in New York; one in New Hampshire; one in Ohio; one in Michigan; one in Massachusetts; one in Missouri; one in two in Illinois; one in West Virginia; and one in Maryland. Fifteen or so to go . . .
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In our continuing series on favorite non-family or friend blogs, here’s one of my more morbid subscriptions: Dead Man Eating
The mundane details of the last meal juxtaposed against the sheer violence of the prisoner’s crimes and the impending execution is really striking. I always send up a prayer on behalf of the families of the victims and the perpetrator (and hope the executed person really is the perpetrator) and ask God for a little more peace on earth.
October 29, 2008
One of the perils of academic life is somebody else getting to your topic before you do. I just found out that I tied some guy from North Carolina–we finished our dissertations on the same topic in the very same month! Here’s his dissertation–and here’s mine.
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Ben sure is getting around now. Here are some pictures of him showing of his new skills.
October 28, 2008
Henry David Thoreau endorsed civil disobedience, opposed slavery and lived for two years in a hut in the woods here, an experience he described in “Walden.” Now he turns out to have another line in his résumé: climate researcher. Read more here.
October 27, 2008
A book review I wrote for Books & Culture magazine on Amy Sullivan’s The Party Faithful has just been posted online. Check it out here.
