Sunday Notes

Military History Carnival #2 is up at Victoria Cross? It opens with a vigorous debate among British military history bloggers, well summarized by Dan Todman's"World Enough and Time" at Trench Fever. There's a slight difference of emphasis there from my own"Were There Blog Enough and Time." Go over to Victoria Cross? and enjoy yourself!

And have a look at Cliopatria's History Blogroll, where there are three new categories of history blogs: one for World History, one for Institutional blogs, and one for Public History and Material Culture. Coming soon: an index with links to each category of history blogs. It will let you to do a quick scan, for example, of the Non-English Language history blogs, without having to scroll all the way down to them.

And gladly wolde (s)he lerne, Blogenspiel, Cranky Professor, Digital Medievalist: Scéla, Dr. Virago, Elisabeth Carnell, Hollyism, In the Middle, Korncrake!, New Kid on the Hallway, News for Medievalists, Old English in New York, owlfish, Purring Prophecy, Sir John Mandeville, Tiruncula, Unlocked Wordhoard, and Wormtalk and Slugspeak report on the medievalists' conference at Kalamazoo ("K-zoo.""Gesundheit!").

Kevin Drum,"SDRAWKCAB YROTSIH GNIHCAET," Political Animal, 12 May, tells a sad story of penalties suffered for innovative history teaching in public schools. Thanks to Manan Ahmed for the tip.
Update: Corrected by Jon Dresner's comment.

David J. Garrow,"A 42-year rush to justice," LA Times, 13 May, argues that the recent indictment of former Alabama trooper James Fowler for the 1965 killing of Jimmie Lee Jackson at Marion, Alabama, may be based on very weak evidence.

Anthony Grafton,"Stoppard's Romance," NYRB, 31 May, reviews Tom Stoppard's The Coast of Utopia.

Geoffrey Wheatcroft,"This perfect storm will finally destroy the neocon project," Guardian, 11 May. Hat tip

Finally, Happy Mother's Day, which reminds me to thank Mrs. MacDougall for allowing Robbie to come out and protest!