More Summer Institutes

The Gilder Lehrman Institute has extended its deadline for applications for it summer teacher institutes. The seminars are impressive with the nation's leading historians teaching the course. I encourage qualified teachers to apply. I do not personally know anyone that has attended but the reputation of the seminars is impressive. www.gilderlehrman.org

Hamilton's Curse by Thomas DiLorenzo

Just do not buy it. Ridiculous interpretation of early American economic policy and partisan politics which supports a equally inane conclusion. His conclusions are only reached by analysis of selective facts. I may pass this around as a party favor at a department meeting so that we can all get the joke.

NEH, We the People Institute, California

While I am applying for this particular summer seminar I would like to get the information out there. This seminar takes up the majority of July and looks worthwhile. I have attached a link where an agenda, course outline and application are available.

Thomas Fleming and the Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers

The Intimate Lives of the Founding Fathers by Thomas Fleming is an excellent read shedding some light on the personal lives and relationships of these mammoth American icons. It is well written and research and a must read for anyone seeking to gain a more personal understanding of the lives and relationships of the American icons. The vivacious Dolley Madison, the Sally Hemmings relationship to Jefferson and the indiscretion of Alexander Hamilton are all deftly handled and shown in a clear and factual light.