Archive for the ‘History’ Category
Wednesday, June 18th, 2008
A few coworkers this morning were doing a bit of Stanford bashing, talking about the neo-conservative bastion that is the Hoover Institution. No doubt this is justified, as the Hoover Institution is well-funded and shielded think-tank, which is a complete antithesis of the liberal-minded student body. What makes the Hoover ...
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Monday, April 21st, 2008
Oh boy, have I finally delved into the treasure-trove that is Archive.org.
My first real taste of Archive.org came I was working on my Senior honors thesis - deep in the archives of Bancroft Library at Cal, I had come across references to a propaganda video that the War Relocation Authority ...
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Tuesday, March 4th, 2008
Our Nation is at risk. Our once unchallenged preeminence in commerce, industry, science, and technological innovation is being overtaken by competitors throughout the world.
If I didn't know any better, this statement could have been released just a few weeks ago in conjunction with education advocacy group Common Core's press release ...
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Friday, February 8th, 2008
What, 95% on Rotten Tomatoes isn't enough for you?I majored in history, and even though my Middle Eastern history is a bit dusty, I found Persepolis to be a very compelling perspective on the Islamic Revolution and Iran's history in the 70s and 80s. I encourage you all to ...
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Friday, June 22nd, 2007
I was honored by being chosen to be the undergraduate speaker for the history graduation ceremony for Stanford's Graduation activities on June 17, 2007. Here's the text of my speech, for posterity:Thank you.For the past four years, when many of my peers asked what I majored in and I ...
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Thursday, June 7th, 2007
I'm not a religious person. Never have, never will be. For the past three years, I've worked at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, an institute as old as I am (22) which began when Coretta Scott King asked Clayborne Carson, the director of the ...
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
I'm happy to say that my name is in a published book! For the past three years, I have worked at the MLK Research and Education Institute. For the past 20 years, Clayborne Carson has edited the papers of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Although the book ...
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Sunday, December 24th, 2006
A big historical mystery has been solved- Freud did have an affair with his wife's younger sister, Minna Bernays. It was reported in the New York Times on Christmas Eve. Franz Maciejewski, a sociologist formerly at the University of Heidelberg, tracked down a leather-bound ledger that shows ...
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