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He begins with a reference to Michael Kazin's memorable review in Dissent of Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, but in"The Secret History" at In These Times, Aaron Sarver offers a more positive review of Zinn's and Anthony Arnove's Voices of A People's History of the United States.
You can add the University of Georgia's Spalding Distinguished Professor of History, James C. Cobb, to the list of tenured professors of history who blog. You can find him at CobBlog, of course.
Sherman Dorn looked into the University of South Florida's invitation to use its server for blogging. But there was an obligatory stipulation. One had to agree to the following statement:"I will not ... publish information that is racially, ethnically, or otherwise offensive." Neither Sherman nor I are lawyers, but I agree with him that, because USF is a public institution, this appears to be a clear violation of constitutional guarantees of free speech. Dorn has filed a grievance. We'll see what happens.
When historians tell the story of Hurricane Rita, tales of mass evacuation from the Texas Gulf coast will play a prominent role. Preliminarily, Ben Brumfield has Tales of the Exodus at Horizon. [ ... ]
The Jedi Archives in the recent episode of Stars Wars, Episode II: Attack of the Clones appears to be less indebted to the creative imagination than to the Long Room Library at Trinity College, Dublin. College lawyers are apparently looking into the matter. Thanks to Patrick Belton at Oxblog for the tip.
If the results of the German elections threaten to produce a political stalemate, not to fear. The internet comes to Berlin's rescue with a mix ‘n match Reichskanzlergenerator. Thanks to Elizabeth Carnell at Another Boring Academic Has a Blog for the tip.