Kenneth W. Noe
@kennethwnoe.bsky.social
Historian of the American Civil War, retired professor. Dodgers, Chisox, E&H, VT, UofI, YNWA. kennethwnoe.com
Highly recommend.
In examining the vital role of emotions within soldiers’ relationships, Joshua R. Shiver’s "War Fought and Felt" advances our grasp of the links between masculinity, emotion, and relationships during the American Civil War.
Happy #pubday, Joshua! https://bit.ly/warfoughtfelt
Happy #pubday, Joshua! https://bit.ly/warfoughtfelt
November 22, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Highly recommend.
Nope.
Trump: My pollsters said, 'sir, if George Washington and Abraham Lincoln came back from the dead and they aligned and they went for the president, vice president as a combination, you'd be beating them by 25 points.'
November 19, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Nope.
Young army recruits took their oath on the field at the Illinois football game on November 15. When the officer in charge repeated "I will obey the orders of the President of the United States" perhaps a third of the crown booed. When you start losing football crowds....
November 16, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Young army recruits took their oath on the field at the Illinois football game on November 15. When the officer in charge repeated "I will obey the orders of the President of the United States" perhaps a third of the crown booed. When you start losing football crowds....
Maybe it's time to stop aggregating Rasmussen polls altogether www.rawstory.com/gop-pollster...
'Everything's falling apart': GOP pollster panics as Trump numbers 'start tanking'
The lead pollster of the conservative Rasmussen organization predicted that Republicans would continue to underperform throughout the midterm elections because President Donald Trump failed to deliver...
www.rawstory.com
November 13, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Maybe it's time to stop aggregating Rasmussen polls altogether www.rawstory.com/gop-pollster...
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How Will Klein saved the World Series - By: Daniel Brim
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How Will Klein saved the World Series - Dodgers Digest
(Via @Dodgers) On May 31, Will Klein was designated for assignment by the Seattle Mariners. Two days
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November 13, 2025 at 4:01 PM
How Will Klein saved the World Series - By: Daniel Brim
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dodgersdigest.com/2025/11/13/h...
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In the modern US they devalue public evaluation, demonize teachers, and the complain about a lack of trainable employees domestically.
November 12, 2025 at 3:02 PM
In the modern US they devalue public evaluation, demonize teachers, and the complain about a lack of trainable employees domestically.
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Hey @pfrazee.com why did Sarah Kenzidor get suspended? What did she do to deserve that?
November 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Hey @pfrazee.com why did Sarah Kenzidor get suspended? What did she do to deserve that?
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Wow I can't believe George
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
November 9, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Wow I can't believe George
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
Soros bought up all those seats and paid all those people to dress up as Commanders fans
"...the American Battle Monuments Commission has removed two memorial panels honoring Black World War II soldiers...after the Heritage Foundation filed a complaint."
The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause 🗃️ open.substack.com/pub/kevinmle...
The Trump Administration's War on African-American History is a Lost Cause
Today I learned that the American Battle Monuments Commission has removed two memorial panels honoring Black World War II soldiers from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg.
open.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:58 PM
"...the American Battle Monuments Commission has removed two memorial panels honoring Black World War II soldiers...after the Heritage Foundation filed a complaint."
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One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
The Shutdown of U.S.A.I.D. Has Already Killed Hundreds of Thousands
The short documentary “Rovina’s Choice” tells the story of what goes when aid goes.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 6, 2025 at 9:00 PM
One analytical model shows that, as of November 5th, the dismantling of U.S.A.I.D. has already caused the deaths of 600,000 people, two-thirds of them children. https://newyorkermag.visitlink.me/jUzNSc
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At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
November 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
At this point, anyone—a university, a law firm, a corporation, a Democrat—bending the knee to Trump is doing it because they want to, not because of any political reality.
Here's a new book well worth reading lsupress.org/978080718505...
War Fought and Felt
Joshua R. Shiver’s War Fought and Felt advances our grasp of the links between masculinity, emotion, and relationships during the American Civil War. It is...
lsupress.org
November 5, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Here's a new book well worth reading lsupress.org/978080718505...
Clearly I retired at the right time.
Disturbing news out of Auburn University, where the admin is pressuring professors to sign a statement saying they're complying with an "anti-DEI" law and TPUSA is holding a rally and trying to record classes.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
I hear faculty are terrified to sign, worried this is a pretense for mass firings.
Auburn University requires faculty to review courses to comply with anti-DEI law
Auburn's provost office posted a web site on how to comply with state and federal DEI mandates on Oct. 31.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Clearly I retired at the right time.
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In their path to back-to-back titles, the Dodgers showcase passion, perseverance and grit. www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
In their path to back-to-back titles, Dodgers showcase passion, perseverance and grit
Perhaps other teams can’t spend as much money. But they sure can try to emulate the Dodgers’ other qualities.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:20 AM
In their path to back-to-back titles, the Dodgers showcase passion, perseverance and grit. www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
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New from me:
In a classic Game 7, the Dodgers and Blue Jays delivered a fitting finale to a World Series that had ‘everything’
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
In a classic Game 7, the Dodgers and Blue Jays delivered a fitting finale to a World Series that had ‘everything’
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
In Game 7, Dodgers, Blue Jays deliver fitting finale to World Series that had ‘everything’
Digesting the moments, memories and history lessons from a Game 7 — and World Series — that kept us riveted from start to finish.
www.nytimes.com
November 2, 2025 at 12:16 PM
New from me:
In a classic Game 7, the Dodgers and Blue Jays delivered a fitting finale to a World Series that had ‘everything’
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
In a classic Game 7, the Dodgers and Blue Jays delivered a fitting finale to a World Series that had ‘everything’
www.nytimes.com/athletic/677...
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Lincoln opposed spending money on "flub dubs" in the White House. www.whitehousehistory.org/abraham-linc...
Abraham Lincoln's White House
On a hot summer day in August 1864, Abraham Lincoln strolled from his Second-Floor office to the lawn outside the Executive Mansion to greet a regiment of Ohio soldiers en route...
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October 31, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Lincoln opposed spending money on "flub dubs" in the White House. www.whitehousehistory.org/abraham-linc...
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Lincoln said (re updates to *his* White House: "It would stink in the land to have it said that an appropriation for $20,000 for furnishing the house had been overrun by the President when the poor freezing soldiers could not have blankets."
Trump won’t stop posting about the bathroom!
October 31, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Lincoln said (re updates to *his* White House: "It would stink in the land to have it said that an appropriation for $20,000 for furnishing the house had been overrun by the President when the poor freezing soldiers could not have blankets."
It's official now, due in February 2026. lsupress.org/978080718521...
Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend
Kenneth W. Noe’s Abraham Lincoln and the Heroic Legend boldly questions the long-accepted notion that the sixteenth president was an almost-perfect command...
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October 29, 2025 at 7:22 PM
It's official now, due in February 2026. lsupress.org/978080718521...
The legend that is Will Klein.
October 28, 2025 at 2:57 PM
The legend that is Will Klein.
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Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad:
October 24, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Here’s the original clip of Ronald Reagan from April 25, 1987, where he delivered a complete and total rebuke against tariffs. Trump's calling Reagan’s words here “FAKE” and “fraudulent.” They’re 100% real. And the original clip is actually far worse for Trump, as much is left out of the ad: