Aerial view of five rows of graves being prepared by people and digging equipment, with vehicles on the left side.
Once you see this image as a grim American flag you cannot unsee it.
Only family heirloom I own is a sturdy wooden chair he apparently stole from a pub.
Another grandchild of Dorchester here. Grandfather on that side was a coal furnace fireman at Domino Sugar.
Chalk cartoon of a judge talking to a ridiculous man in a long red tie. Judge says, “Your crimes are an existential threat to the nation, but as the founders intended, you’re now the boss of everything because we ran out of time.”
Oh well.
"He was a part of every family gathering and every drive. A man who not only sang about my family, but to my family, without mythologizing or patronizing or getting any of the details wrong. To use my grandma’s phrase, 'he sang my life.'"
kalebhorton.ghost.io/from-the-arc...
From the It Could Be Worse department: I missed a mistake that was quoted in the NYTBR, which then had to publish a correction.
“White church” and “white foodways” are just incredible answers.
He's the best. Glad to know young folk are listening to him!
Unfortunately we are a “we” whether we like it or not.
A favorite. I remember that episode and the one where Howie Mandel visits hell as providing two of the most indelible moments in 1980s television.
Proud to be part of this project examining the role religion played on January 6. uncivilreligion.org/home/index
Published this warning about what could happen to the memory of January 6 on the first anniversary of the attack. Never imagined so much of the country would — willfully, foolishly — forget so soon. www.nytimes.com/2022/01/06/o...
2026 has a lot to live up to. Can it continue the ten-year streak of every year being the worst year ever?
The Jefferson Bible: A Biography by Peter Manseau. The life and times of a uniquely American testament.
The life and times of a uniquely American testament.
The Jefferson Bible by @petermanseau.bsky.social is now available in #paperback!
Check out a free sample and save 30% with code PUP30 : press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
#ThomasJefferson #History
Love a good opening line.
Thanks!
Finally, @danielsilliman.bsky.social in Christianity Today, with the best opening line of any review I've received:
"I first heard of Thomas Jefferson’s Bible as a warning."
www.christianitytoday.com/2020/12/jeff...
Nicole Penn in @thebulwark.com:
"If there’s one thing that Manseau makes clear about Jefferson’s religious evolution, it’s that America’s third president had little use for mystery."
www.thebulwark.com/p/thomas-jef...
James Parker in @theatlantic.com:
"Was Thomas Jefferson an atheist? Plenty of people thought so. Jefferson never identified himself as such, of course... As it turned out, Jefferson attacked only one copy of the Bible: his own."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
From the great Vinson Cunningham in the @newyorker.com:
"Jefferson’s Bible ends before the Resurrection, with Jesus crucified by the Roman occupiers, as the Gospels tell us he was. Jefferson’s austere editing turns the killing almost into an afterthought."
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
This looks fascinating.
Thanks, Chris!
Yes indeed.
Jefferson created his “own” Bible by cutting and pasting Bible text.
I’ll watch for this book.
Happy to send you a copy!
Paperback of my Jefferson Bible book drops next week! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Paperback of my Jefferson Bible book drops next week! press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
A man in beaver furs being chased across a frozen lake by hundreds in beaver suits.
I was not prepared for its brilliance.
So glad to know I'm not the only person who saw this fever dream.
