May 18, 2011
Sheri Castle: Strawberry Tiramisu Trifles
Recipe for Strawberry Tiramisu Trifles from Sheri Castle’s New Southern Garden Cookbook. Continue Reading Sheri Castle: Strawberry Tiramisu Trifles
May 12, 2011
Michael H. Hunt: The Bin Laden Killing and American Exceptionalism
To pretend that the U.S. is not caught in the grip of nationalism is to misunderstand ourselves and to open ourselves to the very excesses we condemn in others. Continue Reading Michael H. Hunt: The Bin Laden Killing and American Exceptionalism
May 5, 2011
Steven I. Levine: Dealing with Osama Bin Laden: A Better Way
Trying Bin Laden in a court of law would have confirmed that we are a nation that seeks to strengthen international law in order to advance peace & security. Continue Reading Steven I. Levine: Dealing with Osama Bin Laden: A Better Way
April 21, 2011
Michael Hunt: Questions that the Libya Intervention Begs
It’s ok to feel conflicted over the Libyan intervention. You’re not alone — and you have good reason. The U.S. response to the uprising against the Gaddafi regime raises a welter of issues. Is oil driving decisions? Why the inconsistency if not hypocrisy of acting in Libya but not Gaza? Is Libya just another case of U.S. muscle flexing or… Continue Reading Michael Hunt: Questions that the Libya Intervention Begs
April 13, 2011
Remembering the Civil War with Confederate Hair
With April comes spring flowers, events marking the sesquicentennial of the Civil War, and, in states across the South, celebrations of Confederate History Month. But if you’re serious about your commemorations, why not buy some Confederate hair? Continue Reading Remembering the Civil War with Confederate Hair
March 28, 2011
Vanessa May: When the Workplace Is Someone Else’s Home
Today we welcome a guest post from Vanessa May, author of Unprotected Labor: Household Workers, Politics, and Middle-Class Reform in New York, 1870-1940 (June 2011). Here she reflects on how some of the recent policies that now protect domestic workers in New York mirror the struggle for rights and reform during the era highlighted in her book. The passing of… Continue Reading Vanessa May: When the Workplace Is Someone Else’s Home
March 24, 2011
David W. Stowe: Coming Out of the Jesus Movement: A Conversation with Marsha Stevens-Pino
David Stowe reflects on meeting and interviewing Marsha Stevens-Pino, a popular singer in the 1970s Jesus Movement who was ostracized for coming out as a lesbian. Continue Reading David W. Stowe: Coming Out of the Jesus Movement: A Conversation with Marsha Stevens-Pino
March 21, 2011
When You’re Lookin’ at Her, You’re Lookin’ at History
As we mark Loretta Lynn’s 50th anniversary in country music, I think it’s important to recognize her not only for her contributions to country music, but also for her role in women’s history as a troubadour for working-class women everywhere. Continue Reading When You’re Lookin’ at Her, You’re Lookin’ at History
March 16, 2011
Sheri Castle: Creamy Baby Turnip Soup with Smoked Trout Butter
What to do with all those root vegetables at the winter farmers’ market?? Try this hearty March recipe from The New Southern Garden Cookbook: Enjoying the Best from Homegrown Gardens, Farmers’ Markets, Roadside Stands, and CSA Farm Boxes, by Sheri Castle. Continue Reading Sheri Castle: Creamy Baby Turnip Soup with Smoked Trout Butter
March 15, 2011
Peter Held: Remembering Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011)
One of the goals of the Toshiko Takaezu Book Foundation, who contracted with me to act as editor for the book, was that Toshiko would be able to hold it in her hands. It pleases me to no end this was accomplished a week prior to her passing. Continue Reading Peter Held: Remembering Toshiko Takaezu (1922-2011)
March 10, 2011
Michael H. Hunt: Caught in Contradictions: The United States and the Middle East
The popular uprisings of the sort now spreading across North Africa to the Persian Gulf were hard to anticipate—but the American response wasn’t. U.S. history is filled with moments like the present one when upheavals abroad generated great hopes for the advance of freedom. Those moments have also evoked deep anxieties rooted in a suspicion that most peoples reaching for… Continue Reading Michael H. Hunt: Caught in Contradictions: The United States and the Middle East
March 4, 2011
James Marten: Charity for All: A Little-Known Legacy of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural
We welcome a guest post from James Marten, author of Sing Not War: The Lives of Union and Confederate Veterans in Gilded Age America. Today is the anniversary of President Lincoln’s 2nd Inaugural, in which he made a promise that was kept by passing federal programs that took care of war veterans and their families. Here, Marten discusses the importance… Continue Reading James Marten: Charity for All: A Little-Known Legacy of Lincoln’s Second Inaugural
March 1, 2011
Leon Fink: Oceanic Piracy–A War without Nations
In today’s guest post, Leon Fink, author of Sweatshops at Sea: Merchant Seamen in the World’s First Globalized Industry, from 1812 to the Present, reflects on the recent Somali pirate attack on a group of Americans on a private yacht. With piracy on the rise off the Somali coast, the relationship between commerce, globalization, power, and security becomes problematic. Fink… Continue Reading Leon Fink: Oceanic Piracy–A War without Nations
February 25, 2011
The Dirty South: Why It’s on MY Pop Culture Radar
My students, and probably some friends and relatives, would be surprised to learn that I am a fan of southern hip hop. What, pray tell, would a 40-something white woman know and enjoy about music from the Dirty South? Well, to answer that I’d have to go back to the days of my youth. Way back. I’ve long been a… Continue Reading The Dirty South: Why It’s on MY Pop Culture Radar
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