More Noted Things ...
A Clue: To whomever was looking for the Cliff Notes to The Kingdom of Matthias, Read. The. Book. It's short. It doesn't hurt. It's good. You'll be glad you did. And to the reader who sought to learn"where camellias are found in foreign countries besides Alabama," we understand your sense of the place, but the war is over and Alabama was on the losing side.
Congratulations: To KC Johnson, whose edition of The Presidential Recordings: Lyndon B. Johnson, Volumes 1-3, The Kennedy Assassination & the Transfer of Power. November 22, 1963-January 1964 has just been published in a boxed set by W. W. Norton. In December, Cambridge University Press will publish KC's next book, Congress and the Cold War. Why am I proud to call him my friend?
DeLay Watch: When Cox & Forkum and Fox News goes after him, you know that time is running out.
Dworkin Watch: At University Diaries, Margaret Soltan offers a slightly different take on Andrea Dworkin than does my colleague, Hugo Schwyzer. I'm not getting into this one.
Literary Notes: Scott McLemee's Read This! at Inside Higher Ed calls attention to the new Litblog Co-op, a consortium of literary bloggers. Incidentally, McLemee calls attention to Cultural Revolution's criticism of the fact that John Holbo's The Valve is sponsored by the Association of Literary Scholars and Critics.* S-h-h. Don't anybody tell Michael Berube about it. He'd want to drum John out of the Singapore branch of the AAUP and Belle Waring would then have to string Berube up by his gonads. It could just get real ugly. Better to keep Berube focused on correcting David Horowitz's misrepresentations and on condemning pie-throwers. But, s-h-h. Don't tell anybody at The Weblog that Michael Berube condemns throwing pies at guest speakers. They'll want to kick Michael out of the Chicago branch of the AAUP and Bitch. Ph.D. would get into it .... Just take my word for it. S-h-h.
*Update: See also Henry Farrell's"Radical Literary Theorists" and the discussion at Crooked Timber.
Looking Forward To: Tim Burke is next up in Jaime Glazov's series of"dialogues" between David Horowitz and academics on the Left at Front Page Mag (scroll down). I don't know why Berube and Burke subject themselves to the process. The exchanges are edited in such a way that Horowitz always gets the last word and those of his critics are gutted.
But, Hey: Don't take my word for it. Enter"Front Page Mag" in the slot. Click on"Battle!"
On the other hand, do not bother to test Cliopatria against Chapati Mystery. Very formidable. Try Michael Berube, instead. Thanks to Eugene Volokh at the Volokh Conspiracy for the tip.