Check out the latest WETA @pbs.org documentary, where I discuss living history public programing and what many groups are doing to get ready for the United States' 250th.

CFP: "AMERICAN REVOLUTION INTERNATIONAL" - Huntington Library, Nov. 6-7, 2006. With generous support from the Early Modern Studies Institute at USC, my co-conspirators & I look forward to two days of generative conversation. Travel & lodging included! Proposals due 1/10. Please spread the word! 🙏

My great uncle, Cpl. Jose Marquez, in France, 1918. Diversity, an American strength. Not a sucker, not a loser, just an American soldier.

If only... Not one damned sucker or loser in their ranks. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/11/o...

This follows the termination of intelligence sharing with the Dutch government.

Government, taxes, & regulation are good actually

Scrolling through photos. Reminders of a former life. Comps, May 2018, SAMS. Student work so good, I wanted to remember it. Good explanations and discussions entailed. Spoiled was I by my students.

The U.S. Air Force Academy's academic accreditation is under review following a formal complaint that the institution no longer has sufficient Ph.D.-level faculty as the federal government reduces its civilian workforce // Story by @thenoellephillips.bsky.social

What is the significance of China deploying a new aircraft carrier? youtu.be/2CuP3kst940

1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️

Great time at #GeorgeWashingtonsMountVernon “The American Military at 250: The 2025 George Washington Symposium.” www.youtube.com/live/DlcbFli...

Hmmm... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/b...

Terrific endorsement from @radiofreetom.bsky.social Coming next Spring. "Steve Knott has both a magisterial knowledge of the U.S. presidency and a deep loyalty to truly American ideals. Both of these virtues shine from every page of this book,

Shout out to my great & good friend, Tony Carlson, #Shaggy @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146969480...

Check out the handout from the AHA’s Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on tariffs. Panelists @douglasirwin.bsky.social, @sharonannmurphy.bsky.social, & @rauchway.bsky.social discussed how the government has implemented tariffs in the past, & how they have impacted the economy.🗃️

This conversation...looks at Samuel Johnson as the cathartic figure whose lexicographic work shaped modern English dictionaries. lithub.com/how-to-build...

Indeed

"The collapse of the institutions where young people learn to make and critique art stands to greatly benefit companies like OpenAI, which, in the absence of human artists and critics, can both make the stuff and tell us it’s good." lareviewofbooks.org/article/lite...

A very nice spicy tonkotsu ramen at Yido in Alexandria, VA. I spiced it up even more. Some coughing, slightly watery eyes, a runny nose, and a slight bit of perspiration on my forehead. My lips are burning. Fantastic.

Lost grave of daughter of Black abolitionist Olaudah Equiano found by A-level student

Der Reiter Albrecht Dürer 1498 (Albertina, Vienna)

Sobering. I've visited but a few WWI battlefields and cemeteries. They're profoundly moving and at once numbing.

The New Orleans Drink That’s Back From the Dead www.nytimes.com/2025/10/28/d...

The joys of federal retirement. Signed up in July for Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC) to carry my Federal Employee Health Benefits (FEHB) until next year, when I turn 65. Ticked all the boxes, approved. Yay! I've been paying premiums since August. 1/4

The AHA recognizes that our colleagues in the federal govt. are facing unprecedented workforce reductions & furloughs & has compiled resources in support. We are offering one year of free membership in the AHA to former employees of the federal govt. who have been terminated or resigned since 1/20.

As signing bonuses decline; regions will likely increase coercion to meet draft quotas and this too will be unpopular.

Come and join us on 15 November centrefilmfestival2025.eventive.org/schedule/68f...

Give it a listen. Well done, @risabrooks12.bsky.social

I enjoyed teaching the novel and look forward to del Toro’s telling.

Very good imperial IPA

Beautiful day in Williamsburg. Enjoying the sun, cool temps, seeing old friends, making new ones, and @oieahc.bsky.social “For 2026” conference. Several good military history panels. I am not displeased.

My forthcoming book A COUNTRY OF THEIR OWN: AFRICAN AMERICANS AND THE PROMISE OF ANTEBELLUM LATIN AMERICA has a home! I am thrilled to be publishing with BASIC BOOKS and the supremely brilliant @rubenwrites.bsky.social and can’t wait to share with the world soon! Vamos!!!!!

This is an amazing essay, dataset, maps, analysis about commerce between Philadelphia and Haiti across the revolutionary period. A model for other studies. Highly recommend!

Happy to be a part of this. Come join us on 13 November at Penn State Abington. www.abington.psu.edu/community/ev...

I'm honored to be in a collection with so many superb historians. Look for it in April. @frankcogliano.bsky.social us.amazon.com/American-Rev...

Coming out in January 2026, including one of my last ever (wishful thinking?) essays on the American citizen-soldier. @smh-historians.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Oxford-Handb...

Coming soon to George Washington’s Mount Vernon. @smh-historians.bsky.social www.mountvernon.org/plan-your-vi...