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• Jan 3, 2008
  

  George MacDonald Fraser, 1925-2008

  by Cliopatria

  The author of one of my favorite series of historical fiction, George MacDonald Fraser, creator of Harry Flashman, has died at the age of 82. If you haven't read the adventures of Sir Harry Paget Flashman VC, KCB, KCIE, I suggest a hasty start.
  
  

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• Jan 2, 2008
  

  Iowa Coverage

  by Cliopatria

  With both parties' races wide open in today's vote, here is a good portal with links to various live-blogging coverages of the caucus.
  

• Jan 2, 2008
  

  Wednesday Notes

  by Cliopatria

  Congratulations to:
  -- our colleague, Daniel Larison, whose Eunomia had its third anniversary last week. In addition to Cliopatria and Eunomia, Daniel is also a regular contributor to a number of other sites; and, of course, Andrew Sullivan recently re
  

• Jan 1, 2008
  

  December 17, 1862: Grant Issues General Order No. 11 Against the Jews

  by Cliopatria

  On this day in history... December 17, 1862, Union General Ulysses S. Grant issues General Order Number 11, expelling Jews from areas of Tennessee, Mississippi, and Kentucky. General Order Number 11 stands out in American history as the first instance of a policy of official anti-Semitism on a large scale. The anti-Semitic order had deeper roots; many Northerners and Union army officials harbored anti-Jewi Jan 1, 2008 New Year's Notes by Cliopatria Kristan Tetens will host History Carnival LX at Victorian Peeper on Sunday 6 January. Send your nominations of the best in history blogging since 1 December to her at tetenskr*at*msu*dot*edu or use the form. Saudi Arabian blogger, Fouad al-Farhan, was arrested on 10 Dec Dec 31, 2007 Week of Dec. 31, 2007 by Cliopatria Up Front History Buzz Bonnie Goodman News at Home Is the Theory of Evolution Really a Matter of Faith? Leonard Steinhorn and Charles Steinhorn The Filibuster Expands Robert KC Johnson News Abroad The Turks Go After Kurdish Rebels ... And Kill 200 Sheep Dec 31, 2007 Things Noted Here and There by Cliopatria Democracy Now, 28 December, interviews our colleague, Manan Ahmed, and Tariq Ali about the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and Pakistan's future. Here, Manan comments on the American blogosphere's obsession with how Bhutto died and reports the hair-raising experience of a friend amidst the riots in Karachi. " Dec 30, 2007 Two Notes to the New York Times by Cliopatria The old gray lady is adjusting, slowly, to the internet. I see two missteps so far. First, giving space to vlogging is a mistake. Common wisdom says that television does two things well: sports and talking heads. But, talking heads on the internet isn't ready for prime Times. Whatever their politics or however smart they are, I don't care to see Ann Althaus, Daniel Drezner, or Matt Yglesias drinking soda water or sucking down a cup of co Dec 30, 2007 Sunday Notes by Cliopatria Scott Jaschik,"A Moderate MLA," IHE, 30 December, reports on the defeat of anti-Israeli and pro-Ward Churchill resolutions at the MLA convention. Strokes of sanity, both. James V. Grimaldi and Jacqueline Trescott,"Indian Museum Director Spent Lavishly on Travel," Washington Post, 28 December, continues the reporters' Dec 29, 2007 Aziz Huq: Review of The History of Terrorism From Antiquity to Al Qaeda, ed., Gérald Chaliand and Arnaud Blin (University of California Press, 2007) by Cliopatria [Aziz Huq is the director of the Liberty and National Security Project at the Brennan Center for Justice and an adjunct professor at the New York University School of Law. He is also the co-author of Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror.] Dec 29, 2007 Lee P. Ruddin: Review of Hegemony or Empire? The Redefinition of US Power under George W. Bush, edited by Charles–Philippe David and David Grondin (Ashgate Publishing, 2006) by Cliopatria The dust–jacket of this intriguingly titled compact volume sets the tone for an extraordinary collection of essays. Much has been written apropos hegemony and em Dec 29, 2007 Amerikkka, Amerikkka! by Cliopatria David Oshinsky,"Heil, Woodrow!" NYT, 30 December, is a remarkably well balanced review of Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism: The Secret History of the American Left From Mussolini to the Politics of Meaning. Volume X (2007) of the online Journal of Southern Religion Dec 28, 2007 On Blogs and Frogs by Cliopatria [Cross-posted to Cliopatria & Digital History Hacks] Last week some time, my eyes popped open in the middle of the night and I realized that it's been quite a while since I blogged. I was too tired to get up and rectify the situation, but, of course, that didn't stop me from lying there half-awake and thinking about blogging. My mind turned to the fact that I've been even more remiss about cross-posting to Cliopatria from time to time. I imagined that some Cliopatrians (O.K., Dec 28, 2007 A Very Human Foolishness by Cliopatria Ralph Luker begins a column today at Cliopatria with this truly intelligent and, sadly, apropos quote: Anyone who thinks they can predict the consequences of a political assassination is a damn fool. -- Eric Rauchway So true, so true. Yet there is nothing more human than to try to master events by understanding them. Dec 28, 2007 Notes from Before and After North Atlantic Empire by Cliopatria Anyone who thinks they can predict the consequences of a political assassination is a damn fool. -- Eric Rauchway, in Neely Tucker,"Another in the Long Volley of Shots Heard 'Round the World," Washington Post, 28 December. John Fitzpatrick," Dec 27, 2007 Benazir Bhutto, 1953-2007 by Cliopatria At Chapati Mystery, our colleague, Manan Ahmed, reports and comments on the assassination of Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi, Pakistan, earlier today. At Talking Points Memo, Spencer Alexander interviews NYU's Barnett Rubin about the assassination's implications for Pakistan's future. Dec 27, 2007 The Filibuster Expands by Cliopatria Although the term filibuster was first applied to the practice in the 1850s, the opportunity for unlimited Senate debate dates from the creation of the Republic. Indeed, in the 19th century—especially the 1830s and 1840s—great Senate oratory was something of a spectator sport. The first restriction against the concept came in 1917. Just days before the end of the congressional session, Woodrow Wilson introduced a measure to allow the government to arm U.S. merchant ships, to Dec 27, 2007 More Noted Things by Cliopatria Andy Carvin,"The Life of the Blog," NPR, 24 December, sees Julius Caesar's Gallic Wars as a precursor to contemporary history blogs. But the timeline shows how late most historians were to the form. Kevin Murphy's The Ghost in the Machine, in 1999, was probably the first of us. I count nearly a thousand hi Dec 26, 2007 William Strauss, 1947-2007 by Cliopatria A great historian died last Tuesday in McLean, Virginia, after an eight-year battle with pancreatic cancer, at the age of 60. Bill Strauss was both a college classmate of mine (although I did not meet him until our 25th reunion) and for some years a close friend. I have already expressed many personal feelings about his death on www.fourthturning.com, the web site he and his collaborator Neil Howe created in 1997, and on my own historyunfolding.com. Dec 26, 2007 Things Noted Here and There by Cliopatria Pamela Constable,"Afghanistan, Sharing Its Treasures," Washington Post, 21 December, previews"Afghanistan's Lost Treasures," an exhibit opening in May at the National Gallery of Art in DC. National Geographic has the story on their recovery. For a look at some of the spectacular artifacts, s « 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 » News Breaking News Historians DC Breaking News Historians DC Health Researchers Show Segregation 100 Years Ago Harmed Black Health, and Effects Continue Today Understanding the Leading Thinkers of the New American Right Want to Understand the Internet? 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