One of the most surprising aspects of blogging has been the ways in which Civil War Memory has found a place in high school and college classrooms. Though I never anticipated this development it has allowed me to think of my blogging as an extension of my classroom teaching. In the past I’ve hosted a [...]
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Sorry for the lack of posts over the past few days. I just returned from the Annual Meeting of the Southern Historical Association in Charlotte, North Carolina. As always I had a wonderful time. Got to catch up with some good friends and make some new ones. I was pleasantly surprised by the number of [...]
Update: All I can say is that if you are going to write a letter to my boss complaining about this blog at least take the time to proofread it. I’ve never had to issue a formal disclaimer for this blog, but with the start of the new school year now seems like an opportune [...]
Every once in a while my blogging buddy, Richard Williams, reminds his readers not to take me seriously and not to exaggerate my importance within the blogosphere and beyond. I appreciate that advice as it helps me to keep my ego in check. The only problem is that Richard has the strangest way of showing [...]
The other day I posted tweet no. 3,000 and thought I might take a few minutes to talk about what I find so valuable about this particular tool. Twitter is by far my favorite social networking site. While I use Facebook to stay in touch with friends, and it’s a place where I can have [...]
You may have noticed that I’ve made a few changes to the look of Civil War Memory. Actually, these changes go beyond simply moving back to a full-width framework and a transition to Arial as the main content font. Over the past few weeks I’ve slowly stripped the site of just about every plugin. While [...]
