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.