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Dylan, McConnell, Murray
So the legendary Bob Dylan played to more than 3,000 admirers – young and old – at the CFSB Center last Saturday evening, and he did not disappoint. His cracked…
In tragic times, we should look for helpers
“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who…
A Professor’s Journal: A very modest man
On my birthday in December 2004, I found myself on a research trip to Oxford, England. More than 50 years earlier on May 6, 1954 Roger Bannister, for the first…
A Professor’s Journal: A river runs through it
Since I had open- heart surgery, I do not believe I am the same person. Along with a new heart valve, I also look out upon a new world in…
A Professor’s Journal: A life-changing experience
With no apologies, I put to you the great truth that books will change your life. Just before Spring Break, a history major came by my office door to ask…
A Professor’s Journal: Lost and found
The third grader at Oaklawn Elementary School in Fort Worth, Texas, had waited for this day. Usually, his father would come around at the end of the school day I…
A Professor’s Journal: Spring Break
I write these words with the prospect of an academic Spring Break ahead. Next week such normal goings on will be temporarily suspended. This is not to say work will…
A Professor’s Journal: Student bloopers
Kids say the darndest things. And, sometimes, you, dear students, write the darndest things. An essay response is required on every examination that I give in my history classes at…