Things Noted Here and There
Orac,"The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt," Respectful Insolence, 7 November. Prompted by an exhibit at the Metropolitan, Orac comments thoughtfully on several cases. Thanks to Phil Harland at Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean for the tip.
In his unending crusade to expose modern abuse of the medieval, Carl Pyrdum at Got Medieval finds nonsense in a British program to turn hoodlums into medieval knights. Half its message: don't do what they did.
At Cincinnati Historian, Dave Merkowitz recommends:
Roger Boyes,"Katrin's Choice," Timesonline, 11 November. Now happily married to an Israeli, Katrin Himmler faces the necessity of telling her son about his great-uncle, Heinrich.
Jeff Gamage,"An Academic Shoot-Out on the Ethical Frontier," Philadelphia Inquirer, 13 November, reviews the controversy between Penn's Elijah Anderson, on the one hand, and his colleague, Kathryn Edin, and St. Joseph University's Maria Kefalas, on the other.
Congratulations, also, to Dave, who's passed his doctoral exams!
Rick Perlstine,"Operation Barbarella," London Review of Books, 17 November, reviews Mary Hershberger's Jane Fonda's War: A Political Biography of an Anti-War Icon. Rick effectively probes the right wing's relentless obsession with my neighbor, Jane Fonda.
Finally, last call for History Carnival #20. It's to go up tomorrow, 15 November, at Tigerlily Lounge. Send your nominations of exemplary history posts since 1 November to: mythicalbrit*at*gmail*dot*com.