Week of June 17, 2013
Up Front
_0.jpg) 1964 Report: Humanities "Equipped to Fill the 'Abyss of Leisure'" Made Possible by Forty-Hour WorkweekDavid Austin Walsh A new report on the humanities makes rather different arguments than the one from fifty years ago. Tags: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, humanities, National Endowment for the Humanities, reports |
 The Case for Sparing the RosenbergsLori Clune Sure, they were guilty (or at least Julius was) but their execution was a PR disaster for the United States. Tags: Cold War, McCarthyism, Red Scare, Rosenberg case |
 American Heritage to Subscribers: Sorry, No RefundsDavid Austin Walsh Despite suspending print publication, the magazine has no plans at the moment to give subscribers back their money. Tags: American Heritage, history, magazines, publishing |
 Senate History Just Got a Little More SocialDavid Austin Walsh The U.S. Senate Historical Office debuts its social media presence on Twitter. Tags: resources, social media, Twitter, Senate |
 The Problem with Evolutionary NostalgiaMarlene Zuk Evolution doesn't have an endpoint. We need to stop the Roussean worrying about what early humans were "meant" to do. Tags: evolution, human evolution, evolutionary biology, evolutionary psychology |
News at Home
 The Not-So-Good Old DaysStephanie Coontz The middle class may have had it easier in the 1950s and '60s, but women sure didn't. Tags: nostalgia, women, gender, NYT |
 How Obama and the Democrats Can Build a Twenty-First Century SupermajorityMac McCorkle LBJ provides the blueprint, as outlined by James Patterson in 1965. Tags: Barack Obama, Great Society, James Patterson, 1965 |
 The Neverending Morality Play of the Deficit HawksIra Chernus's MythicAmerica Like any deeply-rooted moral worldview, it's largely impervious to logic. Tags: budgets, deficits, morality, Paul Krugman |
 A Brief History of Political Leaks, from Alexander Hamilton to Barack ObamaUnlike in past administrations, leakers and whistleblowers under Obama are coming from the bottom of the totem pole. Tags: Hot Topics, leaks, NSA, PRISM scandal |
News Abroad
 Just What is the Pentagon Up To in Africa?Nick Turse As the war in Afghanistan winds down, get ready for new military adventures in Africa. Tags: Africa, AFRICOM, Mali, war on terror |
 Top Ten Conclusions from Iran’s ElectionJuan Cole An outbreak of reasonableness in Tehran. Tags: elections, Hassan Rouhani, Iran, Middle East |
 What Obama and Xi's Shirt Sleeves Summit MeansJeffrey Wasserstrom Xi's Western attire suggests China is embracing its new role in the world. Tags: attire, China, fashion, Xi Jinping |
 The Information Age Has Given Birth to a Global Security StateTom Engelhardt Hitler, Stalin, and Mao have nothing on the NSA's ability to collect data across borders. Tags: Information Age, global security state, national security state, PRISM scandal |
 Syrian Agendas . . .Josh Brown's Life During Wartime Tags: John McCain, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Syria |
 U.S. Strategies for SyriaWalid Phares Obama's edging toward decisive intervention, but it needs to be done in a strategically coherent way. Tags: Hezbollah, Iran, Syria, Syrian Revolution |
Historians & History
 Canadian Historians: Come Clean About Your Relationship with Big TobaccoDaniel J. Robinson Many prominent Canadian historians have been working as "expert witnesses" for the tobacco industry. They need to own up to their actions. Tags: Canada, cigarettes, ethics, historians |
 On Non-Academic Job Market, Your PhD is a Visa, Not a PassportDavid Austin Walsh Beyond Academe's Alexandra Lord explains that the PhD isn't enough on the non-academic job market; you need skills and experiences. Tags: Alexandra M. Lord, interviews, job market, jobs |
Education
 Loose Lips Sink Don't Always College PresidenciesHoward P. Segal Gordon Gee fell from Ohio State's grace for insulting Catholics, but U.Maine's Dale Lick got away with saying blacks are genetically better atheletes. For awhile, anyway. Tags: Dale Lick, Gordon Gee, The Ohio State University, University of Maine |
Culture Watch
 Fathers are ForeverSteve Hochstadt Fatherhood is about taking responsibility. Tags: fathers, Father's Day, gender, family |
Books
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