Sunday, July 31, 2011

Sunday Night Odds and Ends

A few things online that caught my attention this week:

Membership in the American Historical Association is on the rise.

Jim Cullen reviews Benjamin Irvin's Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty: The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors.

Thomas Friedman praises George H.W. Bush.

Emily Clark reviews Anthony Burke Smith, The Look of Catholics: Portrayals in Popular Culture From the Great Depression to the Cold War

Nicholas Kristof honors John Stott.

Paul Harvey discusses Christian financial guru Dave Ramsey.

Greg Carey suggests that NASCAR prayer is all about evangelicalism and masculinity.

Thomas Kidd reviews Benjamin Carp, Defiance of the Patriots: The Boston Tea Party and the Making of America.

In search of Mercy Otis Warren.

Civil War ads from the collections of the American Antiquarian Society.

John Judis:  Obama should act like Lincoln.

Can the 18th century serve as a guide in our debt ceiling debate?

Alan Jacobs on teaching "long-form reading" and "deep attention."

Scot McKnight on John Stott and the "elegance of evangelicalism."

William Pannapacker on digital humanities.

History's worst Congresses.

Glenn LaFantasie on Robert E. Lee.

Harold Bloom on the Book of Jonah.

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