Additional Notes
Geoffrey Wheatcroft,"Sham and Bluster," Washington Post, 9 April, reviews R. J. B. Bosworth's Mussolini's Italy: Life Under the Fascist Dictatorship, 1915-1945. Thanks to Arts & Letters Daily for the tip.
Charles McGrath,"On to Oxford with a Little Stop at a French Brothel," New York Times, reviews Alan Bennett's new Broadway play, The History Boys. Thanks to Margaret Soltan at University Diaries for the tip.
Crooks and Liars has the tape of Stephen Colbert's skewering of the Bush administration at the White House Correspondents Dinner and Editor & Publisher has the best report on the event.
Our colleague, KC Johnson, writes about"Duke's Poisoned Campus Culture," Inside Higher Ed, 1 May. Today, Malik Zulu Shabazz intends to lead members of his New Black Panther Party onto the campus to interrogate members of the lacrosse team* and members of the white supremacist National Alliance promise to be there to monitor the situation. Should be fun for all. Thanks to Chris Richardson at Outside Report for the tip.
*The New Black Panthers were barred from marching onto the campus this morning.
Finally, welcome Audrey Noon, the daughter of David and Angela, to the world!