FEATURED HISTORIANS A brokered convention? Source: Baltimore Sun, 2-17-12 The winnowing process in the Republican presidential nomination race has reduced the field to four candidates — Mitt Romney, Ron Paul, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich– each of whom has a legitimate rationale to keep going.Mr. Romney continues to have the most money and largest field [...]
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History Op-eds February 17, 2012: Jules Witcover A brokered convention?
Posted by bonniekaryn on February 17, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/02/17/history-op-eds-february-17-2012-jules-witcover-a-brokered-convention/
History Op-eds January 31, 2012: Noah Feldman: Historian-in-Chief Newt Gingrich Can’t Shake His Past
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Historian-in-Chief Gingrich Can’t Shake His Past: Noah Feldman Source: Bloomberg, 1-30-12 I was driving when I heard the latest Republican front-runner intoning that “the centerpiece of this campaign, I believe, is American exceptionalism versus the radicalism of Saul Alinsky.” He went on from there, but [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on January 30, 2012
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2012/01/30/history-op-eds-january-31-2012-noah-feldman-historian-in-chief-newt-gingrich-cant-shake-his-past/
Featured Historian Matthew Dallek: Mitt Romney is no George Romney
FEATURED HISTORIANS Matthew Dallek: Mitt Romney is no George Romney Source: Politico, 12-1-11 Romney has claimed that his greatest political inspiration was George Romney, the author says. | AP Photo Close Mitt Romney is casting himself as the lone Washington outsider in the Republican presidential field with the best shot at defeating President Barack Obama. [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on December 1, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/12/01/featured-historian-matthew-dallek-mitt-romney-is-no-george-romney/
Featured Historian Julian Zelizer: What Newt Gingrich offers the GOP
FEATURED HISTORIANS Julian Zelizer: What Newt Gingrich offers the GOP Source: CNN, 11-28-11 Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich drew a great deal of attention in the CNN National Security Debate on Tuesday. STORY HIGHLIGHTS Newt Gingrich got the endorsement of the New Hampshire Union Leader Julian Zelizer says Gingrich aids GOP by putting focus on [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on November 28, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/featured-historian-julian-zelizer-what-newt-gingrich-offers-the-gop/
Featured Historians Julian E. Zelizer: It’s too early to name Bachmann, Perry front-runners
FEATURED HISTORIANS Julian E. Zelizer: It’s too early to name Bachmann, Perry front-runners Source: Julian E. Zelizer, CNN, 8-22-11 STORY HIGHLIGHTS No votes have been cast, but some Republicans have been declared front-runners Julian Zelizer: Activists, media and donors usurping presidential selection process He says Michele Bachmann and Rick Perry have been elevated to front-runner [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on August 22, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/featured-historians-julian-zelizer-its-too-early-name-bachmann-perry-front-runners/
Timothy Snyder: Neglecting the Lithuanian Holocaust
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: NY Review of Books, 7-25-11 The desecrated memorial stone to the Jews murdered in 1941 at the Ponary Forest, Vilnius, Lithuania, July 2011. The graffiti reads “Hitler was right.” In early July the words “Hitler was right” were painted on the memorial stone to the 72,000 Jews who [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 25, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/07/25/timothy-snyder-neglecting-the-lithuanian-holocaust/
Patricia A. Kennedy: Accessible Document, U.S. Constitution designed to be read by all
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: The Reporter, 7-19-11 As a former history professor who has recently moved to Vacaville, I took the opportunity to attend the Tea Party seminar on the Constitution. I have taught American history and world civilizations in college classes for 30 years. I also have taught the history of the [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 19, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/07/19/patricia-a-kennedy-accessible-document-u-s-constitution-designed-to-be-read-by-all/
Gil Troy: Our Moral Conversation With Students
Featured Historian: Gil Troy By Gil Troy, Chronicle for Higher Education, 7-17-11 Enlarge Image Dave Plunkert for The Chronicle Most Americans have not noticed, but Canadians are still reeling from the June 15 riots in Vancouver following the Canucks’ loss to the Boston Bruins for the National Hockey League’s Stanley Cup. Thousands of drunken fans [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 17, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/07/17/gil-troy-our-moral-conversation-with-students/
Robert N. Wilkins: Montreal’s sad indifference to history
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: Montreal Gazette, 7-14-11 The blue bird cafÉ fire is not alone among important events that Montrealers seem hesitant to commemorate A recent article about the fast-approaching 40th anniversary of the Blue Bird Café fire of September 1972 (“These people have been forgotten” Gazette, July 4) and the city’s failure [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 14, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/robert-n-wilkins-montreal-sad-indifference-history/
Rick Perlstein: Betty Ford, Pioneer
HISTORY BUZZ: HISTORY NEWS RECAP Source: NYT, 7-11-11 Enlarge This Image Vivienne Flesher THE obituaries for Betty Ford, who died Friday at the age of 93, were filled with colorful stories about an incongruous life: former Martha Graham dancer, dispenser of scandalous comments to the media, alcohol and drug addict. So colorful, in fact, that [...]
Posted by bonniekaryn on July 12, 2011
http://historymusings.wordpress.com/2011/07/12/rick-perlstein-betty-ford-pioneer/
