american studies

Becoming America: The Revolution Before1776

In a thoughtful, erudite survey of colonial history, Butler traces the formation of many of America's modern social characteristics in the crucible of pre-Revolutionary society...Americans...

Outline Ch.4 Hoffman's "The Twenties"

"The Twenties" by Frederick Hoffman Hoffman Ch.4 “Forms of Traditionalism” I. Using the American Past: “New England served, more often than not, as the scapegoat of their abuse when American...

Midterms (Mom Brag lol)

Midterms came home today. I'm so proud of my kids:) My oldests English - A Spanish 3- A American Studies - A AP Biology- A Consumer Education - A Parent Child Development- A Calculus-...

Bill and Hillary's Hippie Daze

Maggie says that many say They must bust in early May Orders from the D. A. -- Subterranean Homesick BluesYESTERDAY drugs were such an easy game to play. Yesterday we saw a Hillary operative eat...

The Day We Killed John Lennon

You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. Photograph ©, 2006 by Ethan Russell @ EthanRussell.comWe'd finished filming John and Yoko for the video a day or so before he was shot to...

Once Upon A Time There Were Real Candidates

Ronald Reagan-A Time for Choosing, October 27, 1964"I have spent most of my life as a Democrat. I recently have seen fit to follow another course. I believe that the issues confronting us cross ...

Ebony and Ivory

... live together in perfect harmony."Michael Jackson granted Ebony Magazine exclusive access for the first U.S. interview he's done in years. The response has been overwhelming!" --...

Autumn in the Blue Ridge Mountains

For the past month, I've taken the lease at The Glass Mountain Treehouse. An amazing time of nearly perfect weather and an autumn that would defeat Surat and challenge Monet.The house on...

Slow Fires in the Great Smoky Mountains

Vista, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, October 20, 2007Fast fires consume California. They take men's homes and the habitat of "protected" and unprotected species without fear or favor;...

Grace in the Blue Ridge Mountains

The Asheville, North Carolina restaurant was one of those common to our post-post-modern world. Open and airy with a wall of windows framing hanging plants. Casual to the point of paper napkins....

Bollinger Rope-A-Dopes Ahmadinejad

Not Bolllinger's first rodeo, but it certainly was his best. "Mr. President, you exhibit all the signs of a petty and cruel dictator." "Frankly and in all candor, Mr. President, I doubt that...

The Code of the Left

"A man's got to have a code, a creed to live by, no matter his job." -- John WayneOnce upon a time, there was "The Code of the West." [Original here] That was long ago, far away and in another...

Forty Fifth High School Reunion

The last time I saw these guys we were banging around in a 1948 Hudson, chipping in a quarter each for a gallon of gas, cruising for burgers, looking for foolish girls, conning drunks into buying us...