A few things online that caught my attention this week:
The new Chicago Manual of Style is here.
A writing instructor on why students don’t read.
Photos from the 1893 World’s Fair
The story behind Maine’s 1840 abolition law.
Is American exceptionalism still a thing?
Eugene McCarraher on Patrick Deneen and Samuel Moyn
Rick Perlstein on what the media and Democrats continue to get wrong about Trump
Michigan football and James Earl Jones
Economic populism in Pennsylvania.
The 100 worst things Trump has done.
Gustavo Gutiérrez, a lifelong advocate for the poor, died on October 22, 2024.
Red states, blue states, and the 2000 election
Dwight Gardner reviews Patrick Cockburn Believe Nothing Until It Is Officially Denied: Claud Cockburn and the Invention of Guerrilla Journalism
What Trump can learn about the 1890.
Especially rich collection tonight! I basically want to read every one. Good thing I’m retired!