A few things on-line that caught my eye this week:
William G. Hyland Jr. in defense of Thomas Jefferson.
The history of Labor Day. And again.
A “digital humanist” on Martha Ballard’s diary.
What is the future of scholarly journals in the humanities.
Mark Valeri reviews Peter J. Thuesen, Predestination: The American Career of a Contentious Doctrine.
Buy the house where Bruce Springsteen wrote “Born to Run” and “Thunder Road.”
The minister who prayed for Barack Obama to die and go to hell.
The 50 greatest Civil War books.
Why English departments are declining. (And history departments too).
A new kinds of college rankings from Washington Monthly: Schools that serve their country.
Dominos pizza and the rise and fall of Ava Maria Law School.
James McPherson reviews four of the most recent biographies of Abraham Lincoln
David Haglund reviews Louis Masur, Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen’s American Vision.
Stephen Hahn on his recent book: The Political Worlds of Slavery and Freedom
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