Week of January 7, 2013
 Joyce Appleby Backing Petition to Disarm the Filibuster Nearly one hundred historians have signed. If you would like to sign the petition, email Joyce Appleby at appleby@history.ucla.edu. |
 Richard Nixon at 100: The Man Who Matters Nixon endures as the commanding figure of American political life since the end of World War II. |
Up Front: AHA 2013
 Highlights from the 2013 Annual Meeting of the AHA |
 AHA Roundup: The Rest of the Web A (reasonably) comprehensive collection of articles and blogs on the 2013 AHA Annual Meeting, plus picks of the best blogs. |
 Survival Guide for the 2013 AHA Annual Meeting For those attending, both in the flesh and in spirit. |
AHA Videos
 VIDEO: The Death and Life of Great American Newspapers Newspapers aren't dead yet, but they're struggling. What are some of the alternatives to the venerable daily newspaper? |
 A Conversation with John Sayles Featuring the acclaimed filmmaker, William Cronon, Peter Galison, and Vanessa R. Schwartz |
 Open Societies at War: A Comparative History, 1939-45 George C. Marshall Lecture in Military History |
 Storytelling The outgoing president's keynote address. |
 Taking a Longer View: The 2012 Election in Historical Context Featuring Jim Grossman, Laura Kalman, Sean Wilentz, William Inboden, and Mary Frances Berry. |
Blogs
 "Fix the Debt": Sheer Hypocrisy or a Myth Worth Debating? |
 Why Some Americans Want Big Guns Paranoia strikes deep. |
 The New Age of Austerity Perhaps it's time to revisit some ideas from the Second New Deal. |
 Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation as an Exercise in Muscular Moderation His genius lay in his judgment. |
News at Home
 Disarm the Filibuster It's undemocratic and, more importantly, unconstitutional. |
 Has a Tipping Point Finally Been Reached for Gun Control? The NRA sounds as ridiculous today as the AMA did in the 1960s opposing "communist" Medicare. |
News Abroad
 “So Many People Died” The American system of suffering, 1965-2014. |
Historians & History
 When Assessing Zinn, Listen to the Voices of Teachers and Students Yes, A People's History is provocative, but that's the point: to serve as a contrast to standard textbooks. |
 Did George McGovern Misremember His Past as a Bomber Pilot? The senator's famed anecdote from The Wild Blue could not have happened. |
 Red Menace The heavy hand of politics and the historical novels of Howard Fast. |
Culture Watch
 The Law of Slavery Lies at Heart of Both "Lincoln" and "Django" |
Books
 Review of Joseph McCartin's Collision Course As organized labor fights for its life in the Midwest, it's worth considering why Reagan beat PATCO in 1981. |
 Review of Dennis Drabelle's The Great American Railroad War A stimulating appetizer when it comes to railroad history. |