Historian of the South and the Atlantic World; college prof; lover of sports-ball; North Carolinian always, Michigander by choice; wife-guy; rt≠endorsement.
Hillsdale, MI
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As I tell my students (the good Mr. Gold included!) - most leaders were at least a bit Italian fascism curious during the Interwar. From artistic and movement aesthetics to economic and political corporatism and beyond. Note this does not apply for the regime north of the Alps.
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Good mail day! Big congrats to @BaylorHistory's own Sam Young on this exceptional study of Luther in American memory:
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During WWI, William Faulkner was rejected by the U.S. Army. He went to Canada and joined the RCAF. Never made it overseas, didn’t even get to fly a plane until after the War.
Then he returns to Oxford, MS in a fake RAF officer’s uniform, carrying a cane and affecting a limp. 😂
hearing for the first time that novelist Patrick O'Brian (of _Master & Commander_ fame) invented much of his own biography,
didn't know how to sail & had no practical experience doing it, wasn't Anglo-Irish gentry but rather English working class, barely educated, concealed his early marriage...
Everything he learned about sailing & the 19th c was from obsessive research & reading books.
O'Brian comes out to be a far more puzzling, eccentric, twisted, anachronistic figure who lived in isolation on a small hobby farm in France, deeply secretive, insecure, brooding, exiled, aloof, yet TOTALLY COMMITTED TO THE BIT.
I like him even more now (am currently reading Master & Commander)
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Somebody should publish a book on this that provides primary sources with short interpretive essays to make the case!
amazon.com/dp/B0GR8WTJB8?lv=…
@lsheahan: "The principles of the Declaration are rooted in a heritage much older than 250 years."
lawliberty.org/from-1215-to-…
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Dealing with the 34 midterm pitches that come in every time I refresh my inbox
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This is no longer behind the paywall! Thanks to @WNGdotorg for making it more widely available!
Halloween is approaching with ghoulish decorations and horror movies readily available. How should Christians approach scary movies?
"Whatever terrifying entities and events one might encounter," @carringtonam writes, "Christ has already won."
wng.org/opinions/should-chri…
Im extremely grateful to @WestminsterTS President Emeritus Rev Dr @PeterLillback for his thoughtful endorsement of *Valiant & Pious* from @DavenantInst
Press. Purchase link below:
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I second! Great essay.
Wonderful essay from @lsheahan on the English roots of the Declaration of Independence at @LawLiberty.
lawliberty.org/from-1215-to-…
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What can an unbuilt canal teach us about revolution, finance, sovereignty, and empire?
Kyle Jackson (@Mizzou) reviews Jessica M. Lepler’s 𝐶𝑎𝑛𝑎𝑙 𝐷𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑟𝑠 in the July 2026 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑚 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑦 𝑄𝑢𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑙𝑦: bit.ly/47FTUNK
#BookReview #EarlyAmericanHistory
ALT Book review of 'Canal Dreamers' with a man's portrait and map background.
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Hello all,
We here @uaustinorg are hiring faculty in a variety of fields. Please send to all genuine seekers and/or possessors of wisdom. Sophists need not apply.
DM me if you have any questions!
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In American letters, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Herman Melville stand high among those who show, in both life and work, how an inheritance requires diligent and discerning contemplation through the moral imagination. They were born to a great tradition, but they did not stop there.
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New Orleans-based brass band The Soul Rebels gave an incredible rendition of the U.S. National Anthem before the first ever NFL game in Paris. @NFLFrance
PITvsNO on NFL Network
Stream on @NFLPlus
Im extremely grateful to President Emeritus of @WestminsterTS President Emeritus Rev Dr @PeterLillback for this thoughtful endorsement of *Valiant & Pious* from @DavenantInst Press. Purchase link below:
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I was on @CSPAN's WASHINGTON JOURNAL @cspanwj discussing my new @EncounterBooks THE CIVILIZATION OF COMMERCE. You can watch the 40-minute conversation here:
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ACADEMIC JOB 📜 🎓 🇺🇸 The Center for Arts @uaustinorg invites applications for full- or part-time faculty positions in American history, thought, and culture, open to candidates at any academic rank, to contribute to its growing Program in American Civilization. Applications submitted by January 4 will receive priority review. buff.ly/0XN6jnS
