More Noted Things ...
Jonathan Edelstein at The Head Heeb tells us about"The Passover Jail Break of 1795." Jonathan also reminds us that 24 April is the 90th anniversary of the beginning of the Metz Yeghern or Armenian genocide. He has lots of links to commemorations.
Paul Gaston,"... Smearing Christian Judges," Washington Post, 23 April. A prominent Southern historian points out that the judges targeted by the Religious Right are not secular humanists, but mostly mainstream, even conservative, Christians and Republicans. Frank Rich,"A High-Tech Lynching in Prime Time," New York Times, 24 April, takes dead aim at what I called"'Justice Sunday' at Valhalla Baptist Church."
HNN blogger, Allen Lichtman, of American University and Political Animal's Kevin Drum say that the nomination of John Bolton to represent the United States at the United Nations is on life support and likely to be withdrawn in the next week.
David Blight's"The Good Terrorist," Washington Post, 24 April, and Adam Gopnik's"John Brown's Body," New Yorker, 25 April, review David S. Reynolds' new biography, John Brown, Abolitionist. Even if it cannot resolve our ambiguous sense of him, Reynolds' work seems sure to place Brown more centrally in American history.
We've all read the riot act to a student at one time or another. Nothing you or I have ever said matches the reading this professor at UC, Berkeley, gave the young thief who stole his computer. You've got to hear this. Thanks to Cranky Professor for the tip.
Update: If you are having trouble getting the sound on this, here is a transcript. Thanks to Miriam Burstein.
"Historical Anatomies on the Web" is an amazing site. You can examine anatomical illustrations in books produced in 14th century Persia, 15th century Venice, 16th century Basel, Bologna, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Paris, and Rome, 17th century Amsterdam, Oxford, Padua, Paris, Persia [or Pakistan], Rome, and Venice, 18th century Birmingham, London, Oxford, Rome, Tobu, and Toulouse, and 19th century Leipzig, Paris and New Harmony, Indiana. Thanks to Mr. Sun! for the tip.