February 2009

Falling in Love With Abraham Lincoln

In today’s New York Times Opinion Page, Maira Kalman brings her artistic gifts [love her New Yorker covers] to bear on her relationship with Abraham Lincoln.  I’m still trying to [...]

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Teaching Teachers

This has been an extremely busy week for me.  We just finished our second trimester and will give exams through next week.  Luckily, the following week is spring break.  My [...]

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Conan O’Brien on Baseball and the Civil War

I found this over at David Woodbury’s site.  Apparently, it is Conan O’Brien’s favorite skit, and you can easily see why.  Enjoy!

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Live Blogging From Norfolk State University (TAH Seminar)

Please keep in mind that this is a very rough post.  I didn’t take the time to review it for grammar since I wanted to post this as part of [...]

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Family Fun With Abraham Lincoln and John Wilkes Booth

[Hat-Tip to Steve West] How would you like to attend a reenactment of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. On March 7 the Sovereign Majestic Theater in Pottsville, Pennsylvania will be transformed into [...]

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