Archive for September, 2007
Use the “humanities” style mentioned in the introduction to the guide.
An interesting story about a allegedly false 9/11 survivor that connects directly into our discussion of how reliable primary sources are…
Here’s something to think about (assuming the NY Times article is accurate): the disclosure that she was an imposter won’t be added back to all the newspaper articles about her in the first place. [...]
From a Time.com article: (per our discussion on Monday)
“The provocations of [the Iranian President's] New York visit are an integral part of his domestic political strategy, which depends on his ability to hold America’s national attention with an unapologetically nationalist message about Iran’s nuclear rights, lecturing them about God and their aim to run the [...]
History 101 Folks– Remember to read Thucydides from the Boardman book (or from WebCT) for Wednesday, NOT Herodotus.
History of Patriotism Folks:
In a moment of sheer coincidence, I note the following article entitled “World Languages Dying Off Rapidly.”
Introductory paragraph:
“Of the estimated 7,000 languages spoken in the world today, linguists say, nearly half are in danger of extinction and are likely to disappear in this century. In fact, they are now falling out of [...]
History of Patriotism Folks– So at this point, though we don’t have a formal definition, we’re circling around several factors that we think help define a nation: 1. Language–both written and spoken, though especially written.2. Culture–shared and distinct to a particular people.3. Territory–controlled by a state.4. A state/government (we haven’t really talked about this, but can [...]
The Jamestown Project- Small Tent April 16, 2009 dsilbey
- Votes Have Consequences, or Regionalization (continued) April 14, 2009 dsilbey
- What A Regional Party Looks Like April 7, 2009 dsilbey
- What Defeat Looks Like March 31, 2009 dsilbey
- The Wrong Question March 30, 2009 dsilbey
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- silbey: Having emotional crisis. Wish to punch out commenter on wife's blog post. Recognize that this is not professional. Still wish to do it.
