Sunday, August 30, 2009

Sunday Night Odds and Ends

A few things on-line that caught my eye this week:

Peter Berkowitz reviews Patrick Allitt's The Conservatives: Ideas and Personalities Throughout American History

September 2009 issue of Historically Speaking.

Preservationists lose the second Battle of the Wilderness. Wal-Mart wins.
Back to school--courtesy of the Baltimore Sun.

Jim Cullen reviews Louis Masur's Runaway Dream: Born to Run and Bruce Springsteen's American Vision and Masur reflects on Springsteen's interest in American history.

Patrick Deneen: Were the anti-Federalists right?

Who attended Ted Kennedy's funeral?

What's the Matter with Kansas?: The documentary.

For those parents with "tween" girls: Is Selena Gomez the new Miley Cyrus? Salon.Com wonders.

The Pope and the death of Ted Kennedy.

Randall Miller reviews Kevin Kenny's Peaceable Kingdom Lost: The Paxton Boys and the Destruction of William Penn's Holy Experiment.

Jason Byasse visits the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte. There are no books.

The Woodstock set-list.

Historians reflect on Ted Kennedy's life and legacy.

Facebook and religious belief.

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