Category Archives: Current Events

Race–and History–Matter

Posted on April 1, 2013 by georgelamplugh

“The past is never dead. It’s not even past” (William Faulkner) [NOTE: Perhaps it’s because I live in the South; or maybe it’s because February was Black History Month; or I suppose it could be because the Republican Party is … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Constitution of 1787, Current Events, Georgia History, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Nullification, Philadelphia Convention (1787), Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged Bloody Sunday, George Will, James Wagner, John Lewis, Leonard Pitts, Race and History, Rush Limbaugh, Voting Rights Act of 1965, William Faulkner, WP Longform | 2 Comments

Denying the Holocaust (Adventures in Interdisciplinary Land, 3)

Posted on February 1, 2013 by georgelamplugh

[Note: In the late 1990s, a number of seniors at my school received, through the mail, “information” from a group denying the reality of the Holocaust. (For an earlier instance, go here) One of their English teachers asked me to talk to … Continue reading →

Posted in Current Events, Georgia History, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Southern History, Teaching, Uncategorized | Tagged "The World at War", David Irving, Deborah Lipstadt, Denying the Holocaust, Diary of Anne Frank, Martin Gilbert | 6 Comments

Teaching Prep School With a PhD: Is It For You?

Posted on November 6, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note: Several times over the past few years, I’ve been asked by My Old Graduate School (MOGS) to speak to interested students about “prep school” teaching as an alternative to a career in the traditional professoriate (because, of course, those jobs are as scarce … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Current Events, History, Interdisciplinary Work, Research, Retirement, Southern History, Teaching | Tagged education, Graduate Education, history, Prep school teaching with a PhD, WP Longform | 8 Comments

Assault and Battery on the Mother Tongue–“Business-Speak”

Posted on September 25, 2012 by georgelamplugh

Once upon a time, I wanted to teach English, and, though things didn’t work out that way, I’ve maintained a love affair with the language. Nothing gets me hotter under the collar faster than writing that is sloppy, imprecise, deceptive, … Continue reading →

Posted in "Business-Speak", American History, Current Events, Georgia History, History, Murdering the English Language, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Uncategorized | 2 Comments

High School, Now–and Then: Reflections on a 50th Reunion

Posted on September 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

Unless your formal education terminated with twelfth grade, you probably feel warmer and fuzzier about your college or university than your high school. I’m one of those fortunate enough to have spent time in “higher education,” but, after college and grad school, I … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Civil Rights Movement, Cold War, Current Events, History, Newark (Del.) High School Class of 1962, Retirement, Teaching | Tagged Newark (Del.) High School Class of 1962 50th Reunion, Prep school teaching with a PhD, Teaching, WP Longform | 2 Comments

Past Personal: Teaching the Vietnam War as History

Posted on May 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note: This piece originated as a talk to a group of history teachers; it explains the genesis of the series, already posted here, “Growing Up With Vietnam.” (Part 1; Part 2; Part 3; Part 4] * * * * * When I began … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Cold War, Current Events, History, Research, Retirement, Teaching, Vietnam War | Tagged current-events, history, politics, WP Longform | 8 Comments

Unflattering Glimpses of the Georgia Legislature, 2012 and 1817

Posted on April 4, 2012 by georgelamplugh

[Note:A huge sigh of relief can be heard all round the greater Atlanta area; wives and daughters are once again permitted to leave their homes unaccompanied by a heavily armed escort; the family silver has been retrieved from its hiding place and … Continue reading →

Posted in American History, Current Events, Georgia History, History, Research, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History | 4 Comments

Civil Rights–And Wrongs: Personal Reflections on Dr. King and His Legacy

Posted on January 1, 2012 by georgelamplugh

As my former American History students will tell you, I am a great admirer of the modern civil rights movement in the United States, and, especially, of The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the greatest Americans of … Continue reading →

Posted in "The Race Beat", American History, Civil Rights Movement, Current Events, Dr. Martin Luther King, History, Southern History, Taylor Branch, Teaching | Tagged American History, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Modern Civil Rights Movement, Southern History, Teaching, WP Longform | 6 Comments

A “Fourth Dimension” in Antebellum Georgia Politics (In Pursuit of Dead Georgians, 7)

Posted on December 1, 2011 by georgelamplugh

[Note: John Adams predicted that the colonial declaration of independence in the summer of 1776 “would be celebrated, by succeeding Generations, as the great anniversary Festival. . . .It ought to be solemnized with Pomp and Parades, with Shews [sic], … Continue reading →

Posted in 4th of July, Current Events, George M. Troup, Georgia History, History, James Gunn, John Clark, John Cuthbert, Nullification, Research, Retirement, Southern (Georgia) History, Southern History, Teaching | 1 Comment

David “Honeyboy” Edwards (1915-2011): An Appreciation (Blues Stories, 1)

Posted on October 2, 2011 by georgelamplugh

“Blues ain’t never going anywhere. It can get slow, but it ain’t going nowhere. You play a lowdown dirty shame slow and lonesome, my mama dead, my papa across the sea I ain’t dead but I’m just supposed to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Alan Lomax, Current Events, David "Honeyboy" Edwards, History, Southern History, The Blues | 5 Comments