Speaking Engagement in Boston on Tuesday, March 6

A Boston-area speaking engagement — just learned this is open to the public. I’ll speak at Boston College High School on Tuesday 3/6, at 3:30 PM, part of the Corcoran Living Library Lecture Series (which has hosted some pretty cool people). The talk will be in the Bulger Performing Arts Center, 150 William T Morrissey [...]

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Socialist Pilgrims? (The War on Thanksgiving)

Now that the Thanksgiving holiday is over, and the MSM no longer even remembers it, I will comment — I actually feel forced to comment! — on the flap about the Pilgrims as socialists that I was drawn into over the past week. The trip began when I was quoted in an interesting Sunday Times [...]

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Writing vs. Blogging

“Remarks are not literature,” Gertrude Stein warned the young Hemingway. “Blogging is not writing,” I kept saying, a few years ago, to myself. **** When I get involved in a lot of “actual” writing projects, like now, I can’t find time to write these blog posts. But since these blog posts involve writing, and I’m [...]

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“Declaration” on C-SPAN “Book TV” 7/31, 8/1

The talk I gave on Declaration at the National Archives in Washington, D.C., is scheduled to air this weekend on C-SPAN “Book TV”: Sat. 7/31 at 4:00 PM and Sun. 8/1 at 8:00 P.M. A minor note for the record: I seem to recall the very able Doug Swanson, who put the event together, saying [...]

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“Declaration” author events scheduled

This summer I’ll be discussing the strange and rowdy events depicted in Declaration — and signing books. The following events are scheduled, and I’ll fill in more as they come (look for Boston, Philadelphia, Brooklyn): Thurs., June 10, 6:30 PM. Borders, 1801 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. Mon., June 14, 7:00 PM. Barnes & Noble, Broadway [...]

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