SUMMER INTERSESSION

Yes, the west and hiking and fishing, and...

While away, a few things.

An article in Academe magazine about AAUP activism:

http://www.aaup.org/AAUP/pubsres/academe/2008/JA/Feat/matt.htm

The issue of Dissent with the last of my three review pieces about conservative ideas:

http://www.dissentmagazine.org/issue/?issue=82

The debate with Sean Wilentz, which you can find here:

http://hnn.us/articles/51035.html

More later...

SUMMERTIME AND THE...

time to travel has hit. Mountains, rivers, trout, bears, pine trees, flyfishing, DeVoto land, mountain biking, Stegner land, Abbey land...

There are two things while I'm away to keep your eyes out for: First, I've written a criticism of Sean Wilentz's partisan history during the primary campaign. The editor at History News Network tells me it's to be posted next week (June 9 or so): Check out the History News Network's website (you can see my entry below as TYH to find that site). Secondly, Dissent will publish the final entry in my trilogy of review essays on conservatism and ideas. I'll be reviewing David Frum's book Comeback, plus two others. I'm not certain it will be posted on-line or not; people should buy the magazine.

In the mean time, have a great summer.

The Marketing of Rebels All!:

The latest "ad" for Rebels All! Since you probably won't see it on HBO or Fox any time soon, here it is:

http://www.vimeo.com/1085518

TYH??? at HNN???

Though it's hard for me to think of myself as young or top, here it is:

http://hnn.us/roundup/entries/50795.html

CONSERVATISM AND THE RACE CARD

An extended essay on conservatism and race for you to "enjoy." I must also say that I was inspired here by my friend George Cotkin's recent writing about history and the moral imagination...

http://www.bookforum.com/inprint/015_02/2456

THE BITTER END

Thus entitled this long review essay I wrote about Jonah Goldberg's Liberal Fascism and what it says about the state of conservative thought today. Some ask -- as it is asked here -- whether the book merits review. Yes, it does, I would say, for what it tells us about the conservative psyche. Enjoy:

http://www.bostonreview.net/BR33.3/mattson.php

POPULISM AS PANDERING

If you've ever watched Hillary Clinton down shots of Crown Royal and thought: WTF? Here's my response:

http://commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/kevin_mattson/2008/05/theatre_of_the_absurd.html