I gave a talk on zoom for a local historical society today. I’m really glad everyone survived.

I mean, seriously, what could be better than this?

I think my greatest public service is sharing university press book sale info whenever I get it.

I've got the unenviable task of taking over as editor of Clio, the APSA Politics and History newsletter after @shamiragelbman.bsky.social made good on her threat to step down 😉

The call for submissions for the Winter 25-26 issue is live. Please be in touch if you're interested in writing something!

Scored a pristine Pioneer SX-737 today. I don’t understand why my wife doesn’t want all of this audio equipment to live permanently in our library.

A perfect late-October Sunday evening.

I have this photo of Capitol building during Lincoln's first inauguration in my office. Lincoln once said, “If people see the Capitol going on, it is a sign that we intend the Union shall go on.” Now the president is demolishing the White House to build himself a ballroom. fords.org/a-tale-of-tw...

Nothing brings a family together like a protest.

Ready for No Kings.

The world is a shit show, but don’t underestimate the healing power of live music. Especially when the person making that music is David Byrne.

So do all Harvard students receive a time-turner when they enroll? This is…quite silly.

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Playoff baseball and the first fire of the season.

Teaching Rawls in my ethics class today, which means I get to wear the WWJRD bracelet a student made for me a few years ago after I kept repeating the acronym all semester.

Giving a talk about my research on Bill Cohen for the history department at my alma mater today. This projects blends political science and history—my two undergrad majors—to show why leadership matters for democracy. Pretty excited!