HNN, Best group blog: "Witty and insightful, the Edge of the American West puts the group in group blog, with frequent contributions from an irreverent band.... Always entertaining, often enlightening, the blog features snazzy visuals—graphs, photos, videos—and zippy writing...."
A side issue: HNN is a great site for collating info, but why does Chris Bray get to use it as a pulpit for his right-wing asshattery? Does he own the keys or something?
He did have some interesting posts on the British legal maneuvering in the (IIRC) Ulster oral history project issues, but as for the rest – his take on Joyce Goldberg’s essay in the CHE was way out of line.
Let’s be clear about this: NO ONE prevents David Silbey or any other members of Cliopatria from posting as they choose there. Chris is free to post as he chooses. So is Silbey and all other members of the group. What’s your problem with that?
6 comments
December 4, 2011 at 12:01 pm
dave
A side issue: HNN is a great site for collating info, but why does Chris Bray get to use it as a pulpit for his right-wing asshattery? Does he own the keys or something?
December 4, 2011 at 12:54 pm
Silbey
The world wonders, Dave, the world wonders.
December 4, 2011 at 7:38 pm
TF Smith
He did have some interesting posts on the British legal maneuvering in the (IIRC) Ulster oral history project issues, but as for the rest – his take on Joyce Goldberg’s essay in the CHE was way out of line.
Best,
December 5, 2011 at 1:58 am
Ralph Luker
Let’s be clear about this: NO ONE prevents David Silbey or any other members of Cliopatria from posting as they choose there. Chris is free to post as he chooses. So is Silbey and all other members of the group. What’s your problem with that?
December 5, 2011 at 2:05 am
Dave
Just curious, just curious. I suppose it’s useful to be reminded at times that our great discipline contains many asshats: Ferguson, Figes, Bray…
December 5, 2011 at 1:49 pm
Erik Lund
Note that just being an asshat in no way guarantees you a tenure-track job. If only someone had told me that before I went go grad school.