Joel Wolfe
@joelwolfe.bsky.social
Professor of History at UMass Amherst. Historian of Latin America, especially Brazil, but also of U.S. Sport History. An odd mix, but there you go. Hoya undergrad, Badger PhD, and lover of all things Philly and many things Massachusetts.
I get the point, but the author doesn't understand his own terms. Maybe reading a little Lewis Mumford might help. The pen did change how people wrote, more so the typewriter. The telegraph, telephone, copier machine, radio, TV all profoundly changed society in similar way. Gutenberg Bible anyone?
December 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
I get the point, but the author doesn't understand his own terms. Maybe reading a little Lewis Mumford might help. The pen did change how people wrote, more so the typewriter. The telegraph, telephone, copier machine, radio, TV all profoundly changed society in similar way. Gutenberg Bible anyone?
I would have gone with, "and the facial hair is unsettling"
November 25, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I would have gone with, "and the facial hair is unsettling"
Same in Massachusetts. They said they would go to Florida, but not so much: www.boston.com/news/local-n...
Report: Number of millionaires in Mass. has actually gone up since new tax took effect
Since the Fair Share Amendment, or the so-called “millionaires tax,” passed in 2022, Massachusetts has seen an increase in high earners.
www.boston.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Same in Massachusetts. They said they would go to Florida, but not so much: www.boston.com/news/local-n...
The dude literally demolishing part of the White House sure does seem to hate the USA
November 6, 2025 at 1:52 AM
The dude literally demolishing part of the White House sure does seem to hate the USA
One more thing: Mamdani has promised to keep Jessica Tisch in place. Try to tell me she isn't going to go after anti-Jewish hate, and tell me that Mamdani doesn't know who she is and what she stands for.
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
One more thing: Mamdani has promised to keep Jessica Tisch in place. Try to tell me she isn't going to go after anti-Jewish hate, and tell me that Mamdani doesn't know who she is and what she stands for.
The dude passes the duck test with flying colors (quacks, waddles, & looks like a duck = duck). He's a white nationalist who is wildly anti-Jewish & a Holocaust denier. Then, there's Trump's pal Kanye West who I believe does think he's a Nazi.
November 5, 2025 at 5:34 PM
The dude passes the duck test with flying colors (quacks, waddles, & looks like a duck = duck). He's a white nationalist who is wildly anti-Jewish & a Holocaust denier. Then, there's Trump's pal Kanye West who I believe does think he's a Nazi.
I believe Nick Fuentes self identifies as a Nazi. When someone tells you who they are, believe them
November 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I believe Nick Fuentes self identifies as a Nazi. When someone tells you who they are, believe them
Mamdani hasn't dined with or platformed and excused actual Nazis. That's Trump, Vance, Tucker Carlson, and the Heritage Foundation you should be calling out.
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mamdani hasn't dined with or platformed and excused actual Nazis. That's Trump, Vance, Tucker Carlson, and the Heritage Foundation you should be calling out.