Archive for the ‘News & Notes’ Category

I spent some time this afternoon at Barnes and Noble book store (not virtually) as I love to browse their large selection of Bargain Books and in particular, of course, the history section. I made two nice purchases. Journals: 1952-2000 by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. and Reading the Man: A Portrait ... Full story

This looks like a great event, and as most of you know. I am a student at American Public Univsersity and Dr. Woodworth is current one of my instructors. Well they have a great event coming up: Discovering the Civil War Online - Live Webcast. From their website: Have you ever ... Full story

I'm looking for history instructors or educators, graduate students or college professors who are interested in being a regular contributor here at blog4history.com. Potential revenue sharing once the advertising kicks in and it will. I am looking for 2-3 people interested in writing a weekly news or history piece. Nothing to serious every ... Full story

Not a political post, but a factual one. Ten days ago President Obama signed legislation to increase the federal government's borrowing authority by nearly $2 trillion. After President Obama signed a law last week authorizing the United States Treasury to borrow an additional $1.9 trillion.... They reveal startling facts, says Jeffrey: ... Full story

I received today my A.P. United States History catalog from SocialStudies.com which was filled with books, DVDs, and other resources and guides for purchase. First off, I wish I had a budget I would order a ton of materials from this resource. But I would be remiss if I did not mention that ... Full story

I have to admit that I have on occasion caught parts of the Glenn Beck show; you know that far Right-Wing fear and hate monger. Mainly I catch it on the weekends, if at all. Anyway, Beck for well over a year has been preaching about the coming economic apocalypse.  However frightening and ... Full story

On February 4, 2010, Google.com announced that it had added an historical imagery feature to Google Earth. From their blog: The historical imagery feature gives people a unique perspective on the events of the past using today's latest mapping technology. We hope that this World War II imagery will ... Full story

Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness." "My baby boy..." she whispers before dying. Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually ... Full story

I mean this sincerely. I am saddened by the passing of Howard Zinn. From the Associated Press: Howard Zinn, the leftist academic whose alternative history of the United States became required reading for millions of ordinary people, as well as a following of celebrities, has died. He was 87. Zinn's death was confirmed by his website, ... Full story

How do I connect the title of the post... Henry A. Kissinger was sworn in on September 22, 1973, as the 56th Secretary of State, and since that moment was one of those politicians whom people have loved to hate. Just do a Google search and there are all kinds of interesting websites; one even shows ... Full story

Oliver Stone is no stranger to conspiracy theories and to gross historical inaccuracies (see JFK for starters, Oswald was the lone shooter), and it looks like he is taking on yet more "misunderstood" events and people (thank God for Oilver Stone or we would all be , as he says "ignorant."); only this time his focus ... Full story

The letter appears to be the only one Lincoln wrote to a child while in office that survives as an original document, he said. "There was a letter sent to youngsters Clara and Julia Brown, the original of which has been lost, and this letter to young Patten," Raab said. The letter to the Browns also ... Full story

Sounds like Richard Dreyfuss was a complete bomb today at Kevin Levin's private school in Virginia. Levin and his school had the unfortunate pleasure (I guess) to have this Hollywood actor/ historian (?) as a guest speaker. Levin titled his blog story today as The Richard Dreyfuss Show, very catchy! I like it. I will agree ... Full story

Recently Clint Eastwood, famed Hollywood actor and now director / producer, was interviewed for a cover story by GQ Magazine. When asked about America today, he had some rather "pointed" comments. I have enjoyed his recent films: Flags of our Fathers; Letters from Iwo Jima, Million Dollar Baby, ect. I don't know what his political ... Full story

Well last night I spent several hours downloading, installing, and upgrading my Wordpress so I could use one of the newer themes that required the newer version of Wordpress. So the blog was down last night for some time and if you visited you would have seen several different looks and lots of confusion. Anyway, not ... Full story

The Enemy of American Exceptionalism posted this remarkable video as an apology to Eric Wittenberg over the recent debate (which predictably became personal!) they had concerning John Latschar. Eric accepted Kevin's apology, sorta. Anyway, what is remarkable to me is Levin's meandering video that I include below. Does the word narcissist come to mind? My God, this guy thinks the world revolves around him ... Full story

Levin, uh, well, thanks for that (I guess I am McCarthy, interesting) and whatever I can do to help you out man! I have no idea why you would put my name in that post? But whatever. Anyway, do please give me a specific link where I call you a "radical"? Just because I do not agree with you does not mean that I think you ... Full story

Can you imagine if this was done in honor of Bush or any other President? How about in the name of God or Jesus? The Press would be all over it and would condemn it. This is very disconcerting. I have to as WHY? Why are we teaching children to sing a song for Obama? Is he special? I know, call me crazy.... Full story

Thank you to Tattered Fabric for listing this site as a "100 Awesome Blogs for History Junkies"... anything I can do to feed your need... LOL. Full story

O.K., a simple google search and one can find that he was a Boston resident, a lawyer in fact, and with a little more searching he was a friend of John Adams. He also wrote a pamphlet, "The sentiments of a British American" in 1764 as a result of the Stamp Act. I also found a bio sketch: "Oxenbridge Thacher, who was born in ... Full story