Progressive Historians: History For Our Future

International Unemployment Day

2010-04-01T12:55:00.002-05:00

Mark Twain once said, "History does not repeat itself, but it does rhyme." I wonder what Twain would think if he looked around America today? When unemployment rates hit crisis levels during the...

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The End

2010-03-29T08:13:00.002-05:00

It's kind of hard to write a eulogy for anyone, or anything for that matter. There's a sort of finality about summarizing the high points of a life. You know you can't include everything that's...

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History Being Made

2010-03-21T18:27:00.004-05:00

I hope people are watching history being made. C-SPAN

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Friday Ramblings: War Edition

2010-03-19T09:00:00.000-05:00

This rambling is a short one. Today (Friday) is the seventh anniversary of the invasion of Iraq. It's hard to believe that it's been seven years since we began a war that saw us greeted as...

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Online Museum of Historical Kitsch, Wear Your Ignorance on Your Chest Edition

2010-03-18T13:04:00.001-05:00

Some people wear their hearts on their sleeves. Others wear their ignorance on their chests. Count how many things are wrong with this t-shirt: "Standing Alone Against Northern Aggression Since...

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C. Peter Wagner & Native American Resource Network

2010-03-17T19:33:00.000-05:00

"Mr. Joel's Army himself," C. Peter Wagner, is in the video below. The title of it is “Native American Christian Reconciliation Ministry.” Rick Warren's (amazingly extensive) connections with...

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Those Crazy Texas Freaks

2010-03-17T06:00:00.004-05:00

As many of you have no doubt seen, the Texas State Board of "Education" has re-worked the state standards to bring them more in line with a far-right agenda that seeks to re-write history, subsuming...

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AHA Blogging Interest Group?

2010-03-15T12:50:00.003-05:00

According to a new policy adopted by the American Historical Association, AHA members can now create "interest groups," or sub-societies under the AHA's auspices. All that's needed is an application...

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Friday Ramblings, March 5

2010-03-05T11:59:00.007-06:00

As usual, Frank Rich nails is. No one knows what history will make of the present — least of all journalists, who can at best write history’s sloppy first draft. But if I were to place an...

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Freedom of Speech and Privacy in the Classroom, on Campus, and at Home

2010-03-03T06:00:00.001-06:00

In the past few weeks there have been a number of incidents on campuses and in classrooms around the nation that touch on the thorny issue of freedom of speech. This isn't a new...

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