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Historian, writer, professor. I work on race, politics, sports, & pop culture in the US and South(ern) Africa. Go Sox/Pats/Cs/B's/Boks! Part-time sports broadcaster. Author of 5 books, editor of another. [All opinions my own.] Will talk or write for food.
I'm doing a thing this afternoon. Feel free to join!
Massachusetts Historical Society: Local Incidents & National Debates in the Civil Rights MovementโA Panel Discussion share.google/DuUDqQhv4c5c...
On losing a dear friend.
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On Trump, "Comedy," and being sick of all of this bullshit.
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Here's your regular reminder that there are no "useless" college majors, and all data and stats back that assertion. The trope that there are useless majors is used to back a right-wing anti-intellectual, anti-higher ed agenda.
03.01.2026 22:43 โ ๐ 12 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Happy New Year! my latest 'stack has thoughts on the college football playoffs and capsule reviews of books I completed in December.
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Various thoughts on academic stuff, especially connected to teaching, workload, and how we think about research.
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On travel and darkness in Helsinki:
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An accidental London layover.
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On Travel, Ennui, and Probably a Little Depression in Lisbon.
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Books I completed in November, and thoughts on the College Football Playoffs Selection process.
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Frasier and Niles Crane. It was nice knowing you all.
26.11.2025 15:25 โ ๐ 7 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In which I manage to couch self-promotion as an apology for light posting.
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And this is after just one round ...
13.11.2025 23:28 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Thoughts written during the Springboks' 32-17 victory over France at Stade de France.
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In which I argue that Joe Namath was a slightly worse Steve Grogan with less mobility but with a Super Bowl ring and better publicity. Please consider subscribing!
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Covering the Boks' Rugby Championship clincher from afar.
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Capsule reviews of books I completed in September:
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Random thoughts on things I've come across of late. Please consider subscribing.
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Jarod Mayo sitting on his couch right now saying "not so fucking easy, is it?"
21.09.2025 19:55 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0In which I cover a lot of territory on a host of topics while watching the Patriots eke out a somewhat disconcertingly narrow win against the Dolphins.
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Quick hit thoughts on a wide range of issues (and I only just barely touch on THAT news ...)
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It goes without saying that we've had years to prepare for required voter ID and now for no vote by mail. Of course it's all intended to be voter suppression. But we need to be planning carpools and ID drives yesterday.
08.09.2025 22:03 โ ๐ 2 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Capsule Reviews of Books I Finished Last Month:
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Thoughts on the South African Womenโs Springboks at the World Cup.
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Thank you! I am trying my best ...
28.08.2025 02:00 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I'm back in the US after ten weeks in South Africa. A few thoughts.
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I'm just going to point out that if someone commits a murder-suicide in a small town, that makes the murder rate there far, far above anything in cities. Small towns are no more or less virtuous than urban areas.
22.08.2025 14:02 โ ๐ 3 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Knee. We'll know more by Tuesday as to whether he'll play next week.
17.08.2025 14:04 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Yeah, he's a monster. They're isn't doubting the quality of the players. I think maybe they just began to believe their own hype.
17.08.2025 14:03 โ ๐ 0 ๐ 0 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0I also felt like Siya's injury - even though he continued playing for a while - marked a break point. He was so good in that first 20 or so minutes.
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