Barry Landau, "America's Presidential Historian," collector, author, and expert on White House ephemera, and one
Jason Savedoff, a Canadian golden boy who occasionally went by the name of
J-Swing at my old stomping grounds, and who has assumed a number of aliases since, have been charged with
"conspiring to steal historical documents from museums in Maryland and New York, and selling them for profit." Investigation has revealed
further complications.
posted by Hyperbolus
on Aug 6, 2011 -
24 comments
Alison Des Forges, American historian of Africa, MacArthur
genius and
top human-rights advocate, was an impassioned observer of the
Rwandan genocide,
lobbying the United States and United Nations to intervene in the killings,
saving some Rwandans from certain death, and later writing one of the definitive histories of the events, "
Leave none to tell the story". She testified at hundreds of trials and inquiries resulting from the genocide. Last night, she
perished aboard Flight 3407. "Her death is a devastating blow," said the president of Human Rights Watch, where she worked as an advisor. "She epitomized the human rights activist — principled, dispassionate, committed to the truth and to using that truth to protect ordinary people."
posted by docgonzo
on Feb 13, 2009 -
24 comments
Historian assaulted then arrested for jaywalking in Atlanta. A historian at the "Historians against the war" conference in Atlanta was stopped for jaywalking. Being from the UK, he thanked the officer, then realized the officer didn’t have any name tag or identification. He asked to see the police officers identification, and the police officer took offense stating "See my Uniform!". The officer kicked the mans leg out, pushed him to the ground and handcuffed him. The police officer had 5 other police officers step on the historian causing bruises on his neck. After being in jail for 8 hours, he arranged 1000 dollar bail. He refused to accept a please bargain that would effect his green card, so the case was dropped.
posted by IronWolve
on Jan 9, 2007 -
124 comments
Alan Cross is a name that is known in Toronto. He's the guy from 102.1 Edge who has the best rock'n'roll show in the business, called The Ongoing History of New Music. His knowledge is so encyclopedic it's creepy. He's personable. He's interesting. He's current. He's uber-cool. And you can either
podcast his shows or read them yourself. I'm no rock newbie, but I'm currently enjoying
Building A Record Library: Part I.
The History of Selling Out is interesting enough to provoke the question, did REM, Husker Du and Sonic Youth
really do it for the bling bling? Speaking of Husker Du, are they possibly the fathers of
Emo? Do yourself a favour: give him a listen and a read.
note: the site's a bit rough on the browser
posted by ashbury
on Apr 27, 2005 -
28 comments
A sad day for lovers of good writing. In addition to Stephen Jay Gould,
historian Walter Lord has died. (NYT, blah blah) Lord's 1955 book
A Night to Remember arguably touched off the modern world's fascination with the Titanic, and his 1957
Day of Infamy is an exciting account of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
posted by pmurray63
on May 20, 2002 -
6 comments
