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Ralph E. Luker

More Noted Things ...

The Papacy: With all due respect to the strength of Pope John Paul II, one of the books I intend to read in the next few days is Garry Wills's Papal Sin: The Structures of Deceit. I'm a fan of Garry Wills from way back and I suspect that the book is all the more powerful because Wills is a devout Catholic. And the subject is all the more important because of the doctrine that the church, itself, is embodied in one man.

Let's Be Clear: Physical assaults on visiting speakers on college campuses need to stop. Period. Whether they are aimed at Pat Buchanan at Western Michigan, Ann Coulter at Arizona, or William Kristol at Earlham, attacks on guest speakers are attacks on free speech itself. Thanks to Big Tent for the tip.

OAH: Somehow, Rick Shenkman's Reporter's Notebook over on HNN's mainpage helps me not regret missing this year's convention. You remember that the convention was moved from San Francisco to San Jose at the last minute because of a hotel workers strike in San Francisco. But, really, if two-thirds of those who pre-registered for the convention retained their hotel reservations in San Francisco, can we just skip the social justice posturing about not crossing picket lines? We know why you went to California this weekend and, for most of you, it didn't have much to do with either scholarship or social justice. If you expect to be re-embursed for this convention, your dean should be at the book exhibit and in those convention sessions and taking names.

Calling Rob Out: Don't wear this one out, but we now know what will get Rob MacDougall's attention. Some day, when he is teaching at the University of Western Ontario, he will recognize a smart young student who has raised his or her hand and the student will say: "Professor MacDougall, you will be hit ... by a fish!"

History Carnival: If you haven't visited History Carnival #5 over at ClioWeb, do. There are lots of goodies to be sampled. History Carnival #6 will be hosted by Jonathan Dresner at Cliopatria on 15 April.

Congratulations: To Wildhunt's Jason Pitzl-Waters, a professed pagan, who was wed to Mrs. Henry, a Roman Catholic, by a gay or lesbian Lutheran seminarian this weekend. All of this leaves me feeling slightly confused, but the blissful couple apparently is not and that's the important thing.

Finally: Mr. Sun! might not forgive me if I forgot to say, "Go, heels!"


Posted on Sunday, April 3, 2005 at 12:19 AM 

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