Randall Stephens
American historian, religion, environment, pop culture, the South. Author: The Devil's Music (Harvard, 2018). Prof of Am & Brit Studies, Univ of Oslo. Fulbright alumnus. t.co/oGDJUwAhXL
- Another Herblock cartoon with a very 2025 vibe. "What's this about your letting the common people come in here and read books?" Syracuse Herald-Journal, 6/18/1954.
- “…Afghanistan has a Level 4 security advisory. South Africa, from which we recently received refugees…has a Level 2 advisory, which is on par with Sweden & Italy. It calls into question, what are the benchmarks against which Afghanistan is being assessed in this regard.” www.npr.org/2025/05/14/n...
- “The remarkable find was made by a pair of Magna Carta sleuth-scholars from Britain. The document, on sheepskin parchment, was purchased by Harvard in the aftermath of World War II from a London bookdealer in 1946 for $27.50 — or about $462 in today’s dollars.” www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
- The friendly neighborhood crow
- Doesn't look like it's thinking particularly friendly thoughts. :)
- Tried to peck my eyes out right after
- We just like each other. He likes that we’re giving him all sorts of deals, and I like the bribes.
- "Justin Kaplan’s penetrating 1966 biography...came in at a brisk 424 pages. Ron Powers’s more recent biography...wrapped up the life in 722 pages. At the rate we are heading, Twain’s next overkill biographer will deliver a page for every day he was on the planet." www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/b...
- Paul Conrad on the political fallout from Goldwater's opposition to the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Newark Star-Ledger, 7/10/1964.
- Played bass for Foghat
- Idea for a John Quincy Adams t-shirt. Illustration by John Milt Morris, 1964.
