The Lawrence Tract: racial integration in Palo Alto in the 1950s
A summary of a piece of Palo Alto history that I was previously unaware of.
Archive for History
Alger Hiss and the possibly-forged typewriter
Braudel’s _Structures of Everyday Life_
More about Fred Hampton
Oleanna
Underground’s metadiscussion of slavery narratives
I'm watching Underground season 2, episode 1, “Contraband,” and I just got to a scene in which one of the...
Day of Remembrance for the incarceration of Japanese Americans
Today is a Day of Remembrance: the 75th anniversary of FDR's executive order to incarcerate Japanese Americans. A bunch of...
The Mandela Effect and other memories
I find the whole Mandela Effect thing intriguing. (A group of people remembering something that didn't happen.) Here's one I...
My review of Hamilton
A friend asked this morning what the deal is with this Hamilton thing. Here's what I posted in response: It's...
Hamilton cast album!
Back in May, I posted about Hamilton, the new hip-hop Broadway musical about Alexander Hamilton by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Ever since...
Deportees
Back in January 2014, I attended folksinger John McCutcheon's annual Santa Cruz concert, a benefit (as always) for the Resource...
Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage
I just picked up the printed book of The Thrilling Adventures of Lovelace and Babbage, and so far it's regularly...