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Archive for August, 2007
The PHR Neologism Contest
Posted in History for Adults, Personal on August 8, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The Bookmeister: Recommended Readings (Lecture 1)
Posted in History for Adults on August 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I’m happy to welcome Scott Robinson, one of my students in “A First History for Adults,” as a contributor to the blog. Scott has diligently followed up on book recommendations I make as a part of the course, and has done a great job of finding free on-line versions, as well as other copies. So I’ve dubbed him the “bookmeister,” and [...]

A Republic, If You Can Keep It
Posted in American History, Commentary, Personal on August 20, 2007 | 4 Comments »
In my very recent move from OC to Houston, my family “self-moved,” and as we trucked down the I8 and (just past Phoenix) the I10, I was struck by the sad fact that these highways have now basically become a second border with Mexico, and I was driven to reflect on what this means in terms of America’s [...]
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