Dean Grodzins
@grodzins.bsky.social
Historian of American religion and democracy; husband and dad; believer in the brotherhood of man and the neighborhood of Boston; quondam cartoonist
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On Monday night, ICE ambushed Rumeya Ozturk, a Turkish graduate student at Tufts studying to be a teacher, outside her Somerville apartment, arrested her, and announced that her visa had been revoked. People will protest this illegal attempted deportation at 5:30pm in Powder House Square.
March 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
On Monday night, ICE ambushed Rumeya Ozturk, a Turkish graduate student at Tufts studying to be a teacher, outside her Somerville apartment, arrested her, and announced that her visa had been revoked. People will protest this illegal attempted deportation at 5:30pm in Powder House Square.
Some people claim Musk did a “Roman salute,” but as scholars point out, there was no such thing. Many believe it was a Nazi salute, which certainly tracks, but it didn’t look exactly like one. I just realized what it most resembled: the salute of the evil Terran Empire from Star Trek.
January 29, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Some people claim Musk did a “Roman salute,” but as scholars point out, there was no such thing. Many believe it was a Nazi salute, which certainly tracks, but it didn’t look exactly like one. I just realized what it most resembled: the salute of the evil Terran Empire from Star Trek.
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In April, Massachusetts (and the U.S.) observes the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Every year, we have reenactments & parades on “Patriot’s Day,” but this time will be BIG, so the President will likely come. How should locals, and historians, respond?
December 24, 2024 at 4:35 PM
In April, Massachusetts (and the U.S.) observes the 250th anniversary of the Battle of Lexington and Concord. Every year, we have reenactments & parades on “Patriot’s Day,” but this time will be BIG, so the President will likely come. How should locals, and historians, respond?
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“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
November 10, 2024 at 1:14 PM
“I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo.
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
"So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
Here’s hoping that Tony Hinchcliffe’s “floating island of garbage” remark does for the Republican presidential candidate in 2024 what Samuel Burchard’s “Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion” remark did for the Republican presidential candidate in 1884.
(A deep cut, admittedly, but heartfelt.)
(A deep cut, admittedly, but heartfelt.)
October 29, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Here’s hoping that Tony Hinchcliffe’s “floating island of garbage” remark does for the Republican presidential candidate in 2024 what Samuel Burchard’s “Rum, Romanism, and Rebellion” remark did for the Republican presidential candidate in 1884.
(A deep cut, admittedly, but heartfelt.)
(A deep cut, admittedly, but heartfelt.)
Seems like the whole northeast coast was hit by an earthquake!
April 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM
Seems like the whole northeast coast was hit by an earthquake!
Look what came in the mail today--the article I wrote with Prof. David Moss of Harvard, about the U.S. secession crisis as a breakdown of democracy! It's in the new book _When Democracy Breaks_, which covers democratic breakdowns around the world, from ancient Athens to contemporary Venezuela.
March 5, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Look what came in the mail today--the article I wrote with Prof. David Moss of Harvard, about the U.S. secession crisis as a breakdown of democracy! It's in the new book _When Democracy Breaks_, which covers democratic breakdowns around the world, from ancient Athens to contemporary Venezuela.
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Letter from Endowed Chairs and Distinguished Profs on UConn budget cuts to Governor Ned Lamont
and state legislators. This defunding of public higher education must stop! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
and state legislators. This defunding of public higher education must stop! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Endowed Chairs and Distinguished Professors Letter
docs.google.com
January 30, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Letter from Endowed Chairs and Distinguished Profs on UConn budget cuts to Governor Ned Lamont
and state legislators. This defunding of public higher education must stop! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
and state legislators. This defunding of public higher education must stop! docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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December 5, 2023 at 1:36 AM
I once knew a woman who grew up with Henry Kissinger, and whose parents encouraged her to marry him. She refused, because she thought him the most boring man imaginable.
The banality of evil.
The banality of evil.
November 30, 2023 at 2:39 AM
I once knew a woman who grew up with Henry Kissinger, and whose parents encouraged her to marry him. She refused, because she thought him the most boring man imaginable.
The banality of evil.
The banality of evil.
In 1969, when Nixon appointed Henry Kissinger, then a Harvard professor, to be National Security Advisor, many of Kissenger’s liberal academic friends praised him to the press. Commented I.F. Stone: “Somebody will wake up screaming.”
November 30, 2023 at 2:37 AM
In 1969, when Nixon appointed Henry Kissinger, then a Harvard professor, to be National Security Advisor, many of Kissenger’s liberal academic friends praised him to the press. Commented I.F. Stone: “Somebody will wake up screaming.”